Swarm cognition in honey bees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-414

  Passino, Kevin M ^a   Seeley, Thomas D ^b   Visscher, P Kirk ^c  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective intelligence; Group decision making; Honey bee; Swarm cognition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; MEMORY; NEST SITE; PSYCHOLOGY; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWARMING; VERTEBRATE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349024027     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0468-1     Document Type: Article

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