Does the body orientation of waggle dance followers affect the accuracy of recruitment?

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-62

  Tanner, David ^a   Visscher, Kirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Dance follower behavior; Honey bee; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 60949094487     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008074     Document Type: Article

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