Ventilation response thresholds do not change with age or self-reinforcement in workers of the bumble bee Bombus impatiens

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-32

  Duong, N ^a   Dornhaus, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Division of labor; Learning; Task allocation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEE; LABOR DIVISION; LEARNING; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL INSECT; THERMOREGULATION; VENTILATION;

BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HEXAPODA; IMPATIENS;

EID: 84855757241     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0183-9     Document Type: Article

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