Foraging in honeybees - When does it pay to dance?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Lew, Jie Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis; Central place foraging; Communication; Recruitment; Scouting; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LOCOMOTION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 43749106740     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm117     Document Type: Article

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