Past experiences affect interaction patterns among foragers and hive-mates in honeybees

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 790-797

  Grüter, Christoph ^a   Farina, Walter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NECTARIVORY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67651154302     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01670.x     Document Type: Article

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