An oligarchy of nest-site scouts triggers a honeybee swarm's departure from the hive

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 979-987

  Rangel, Juliana ^a,b   Griffin, Sean R ^a   Seeley, Thomas D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Buzz run; Group decision making; Honeybee; Oligarchy; Swarming; Worker piping

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NEST SITE; SWARMING;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952671349     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0913-4     Document Type: Article

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