Persistence, reticence and the management of multiple time memories by forager honey bees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1131-1141

  Wagner, Ashley E ^a   Van Nest, Byron N ^a,b   Hobbs, Caddy N ^a   Moore, Darrell ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Flower constancy; Food anticipatory activity; Foraging behavior; Time memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEE; FLOWER; MEMORY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; FLOWERS; MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84876121419     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.064881     Document Type: Article

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