How floral odours are learned inside the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nest

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Molet, Mathieu ^a   Chittka, Lars ^a   Raine, Nigel E ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floral scent; Foraging recruitment pheromone; Honeypot; Memory; Social learning

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEST; ODOR; PHEROMONE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; HONEY; LEARNING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; PHEROMONES;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; MYRRHIS ODORATA; RATTUS;

EID: 58249120652     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0465-x     Document Type: Article

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