The Fanner Honey Bee: Behavioral Variability and Environmental Cues in Workers Performing a Specialized Task

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-245

  Egley, Rachel L ^a   Breed, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental thresholds; eusociality; fanning; guarding; Honey bees; task allocation

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84873994770     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-012-9357-1     Document Type: Article

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