Observation system for the control of the hive environment by the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 782-786

  Ohashi, Mizue ^a   Okada, Ryuichi ^b   Kimura, Toshifumi ^a   Ikeno, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 68949174043     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.3.782     Document Type: Article

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