Nectar quality perception by honey bees (apis mellifera ligustica)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 341-351

  Sanderson, Charlotte E ^a   Cook, Peyton ^a   Hill, Peggy S M ^a   Orozco, Benjamin S ^a   Abramson, Charles I ^b   Wells, Harrington ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice behavior; Honey bee; Learning; Mathematical model; Reward perception

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DECISION MAKING; NECTAR; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; REWARD; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PLANT NECTAR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REWARD; SUCROSE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84890066008     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032613     Document Type: Article

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