Floral scents experienced within the colony affect long-term foraging preferences in honeybees

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 714-722

  Arenas, Andrés ^a   Fernández, Vanesa M ^a   Farina, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging choice; Honeybee; Long term memory; Olfactory learning

Indexed keywords

COLONY; FLOWER; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; MEMORY; OLFACTORY CUE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 58149125284     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008053     Document Type: Article

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