Dance precision of Apis florea - Clues to the evolution of the honeybee dance language?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1259-1265

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Gloag, Rosalyn S ^a   Even, Naïla ^a   Wattanachaiyingchareon, Wandee ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Dance language; Dance precision; Foraging; Nest site selection; Tuned error hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LANGUAGE; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 43749099421     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0554-z     Document Type: Article

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