Quorum sensing during nest-site selection by honeybee swarms

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 594-601

  Seeley, Thomas D ^a   Kirk Visscher, P ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Honeybees; Nest site selection; Quorum sensing; Swarming

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SWARMING;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 6344292390     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0814-5     Document Type: Article

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