Birth weight and sucrose responsiveness predict cognitive skills of honeybee foragers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-308

  Scheiner, Ricarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Birth weight; Division of labour; Foraging; Honeybee; Learning; Maternal provisioning; Sucrose responsiveness

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMERGENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SUCROSE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84864124665     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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