Global information sampling in the honey bee

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 523-530

  Johnson, Brian R ^a  

^a University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Honey bees; Information collection; Patrolling; Self organization; Social insects; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; HONEYBEE; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; INSECT CELL; INSECT SOCIETY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; SOLDIER (INSECT);

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 44149114246     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0354-3     Document Type: Article

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