Foraging response of turkish honey bee subspecies to flower color choices and reward consistency

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-116

  Cakmak, Ibrahim ^a   Song, Daniel S ^b   Mixson, T Andrew ^c   Serrano, Eduardo ^d   Clement, Meredith L ^e   Savitski, Amy ^f   Johnson, Ge'Andra ^c   Giray, Tugrul ^g   Abramson, Charles I ^c   Barthell, John F ^e   Wells, Harrington ^h  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging behavior; Honey bee subspecies

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CAUCASICA; APOIDEA; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU;

EID: 77954035652     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-009-9199-7     Document Type: Article

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