Work or sleep? Honeybee foragers opportunistically nap during the day when forage is not available

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Klein, Barrett A ^a   Seeley, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging; Honeybee; Nap; Plasticity; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORRELATION; HONEYBEE; SLEEP; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958859515     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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