The effect of repeated vibration signals on worker behavior in established and newly founded colonies of the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-529

  Cao, Tuan T ^a,b   Hyland, Kelly M ^a,c   Malechuk, Alana ^a,d   Lewis, Lee A ^a   Schneider, Stanley S ^a  

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

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative labor; Modulatory communication; Signal repetition; Social organization; Vibration signal

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; SIGNALING; VIBRATION; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 58649100227     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0686-1     Document Type: Article

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