Optic flow informs distance but not profitability for honeybees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1685, 2010, Pages 1241-1245

  Shafir, Sharoni ^a   Barron, Andrew B ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Choice behaviour; Foraging energetics; Odometer; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENERGETICS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; PROFITABILITY; SIGNAL;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77951431517     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1802     Document Type: Article

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