Mobile phone-induced honeybee worker piping

Apidologie

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-279

  Favre, Daniel ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Apiary School of the City of Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Induction; Mobile phone handset; Worker bee; Worker piping

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; HONEYBEE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PIPING; SIGNAL; SWARMING;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 80054699180     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0016-x     Document Type: Article

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