Sun angle time windows for absconding by the dwarf honeybee, Apis florea

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1009-1012

  Duangphakdee, Orawan ^a   Radloff, Sarah E ^b   Pirk, Christian W W ^c   Hepburn, Randall ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Absconding; Altitude; Apis florea; Honeybee; Navigation; Sun angle

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; COLONY FOUNDING; COLONY STRUCTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HONEYBEE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; ZENITH ANGLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FLYING; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; SUNLIGHT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 70249127180     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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