Tactile learning in resin foraging honeybees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1609-1617

  Simone Finstrom, Michael ^a   Gardner, Joel ^a   Spivak, Marla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Conditioning; Proboscis extension response; Propolis; Response thresholds

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONDITIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NEST STRUCTURE; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLLEN; RESIN; SUCROSE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77956757550     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0974-4     Document Type: Article

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