Intra-patriline variability in the performance of the vibration signal and waggle dance in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 646-655

  Duong, Nhi ^a   Schneider, Stanley S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SIGNALING; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 44949135101     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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