Honeybee foragers adjust crop contents before leaving the hive: Effects of distance to food source, food type, and informational state

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1169-1178

  Harano, Ken ichi ^a   Mitsuhata Asai, Akiko ^a   Konishi, Takayuki ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Sasaki, Masami ^a  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flight energetics; Foraging; Optimal foraging strategy; Social learning; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; POLLEN; SUGAR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84878946055     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1542-5     Document Type: Article

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