A scientific note: Foragers deposit attractive scent marks in a stingless bee that does not communicate food location

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Lichtenberg, Elinor M ^a   Hrncir, Michael ^b   Nieh, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foraging; Melipona quadrifasciata; Olfactory information; Scent mark; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; OLFACTORY CUE; SCENT MARKING; SUCROSE;

MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 60749083937     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008073     Document Type: Article

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