Anti-predator fan-blowing in guard bees, apis mellifera capensis esch

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Yang, Minxian ^a,b   Radloff, Sarah ^a   Tan, Ken ^b   Hepburn, Randall ^a,b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Fan blowing; Predators; Wing beat frequency

Indexed keywords

AETHINA TUMIDA; APHIDIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MYZUS PERSICAE; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TRINERVITERMES;

EID: 72449136187     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-009-9191-2     Document Type: Article

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