The colony environment, but not direct contact with conspecifics, influences the development of circadian rhythms in honey bees

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-225

  Eban Rothschild, Ada ^a,b   Shemesh, Yair ^a,c   Bloch, Guy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; circadian rhythms; locomotor activity; nonphotic cues; ontogeny; social environment

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861808274     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730412440851     Document Type: Article

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