High precision during food recruitment of experienced (reactivated) foragers in the stingless bee Scaptotrigona mexicana (Apidae, Meliponini)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 346-349

  Sánchez, Daniel ^a   Nieh, James C ^b   Hénaut, Yann ^a   Cruz, Leopoldo ^a   Vandame, Rémy ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRAINING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 4043059196     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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