The moment before touchdown: Landing manoeuvres of the honeybee Apis mellifera

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 262-270

  Evangelista, C ^a,b   Kraft, R ^a,b   Dacke, M ^a,b,c   Reinhard, J ^a   Srinivasan, M V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antennae; Apis mellifera; Flight; Honeybee; Hover; Landing; Mechanoreception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FLYING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 75249104917     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037465     Document Type: Article

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