Social but not solitary bees reject dangerous flowers where a conspecific has recently been attacked

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-102

  Llandres, Ana L ^a   Gonzálvez, Francisco G ^b   Rodríguez Gironés, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Evasive pheromone; Social bee; Solitary bee; Warning signal

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEE; CONSPECIFIC; FLOWER VISITING; PHEROMONE; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIS; APIS DORSATA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; NOMIA; PANURGUS;

EID: 84872279430     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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