Honeybee recruitment to scented food sources: Correlations between in-hive social interactions and foraging decisions

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 445-452

  Balbuena, M S ^a   Molinas, J ^a   Farina, W M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Communication; Decision making; Foraging; Honeybee; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPLOITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84856975426     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1290-3     Document Type: Article

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