Time-place learning in the bee Melipona fasciculata (Apidae, Meliponini)

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 257-265

  De Jesus, Thiago Nazareno Conceição Silva ^a   Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino ^b   Contrera, Felipe Andrés León ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

food anticipatory activity; resource gathering; spatiotemporal learning; stingless bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; EXPLOITATION; LEARNING; NECTAR; POLLEN; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897637946     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0245-2     Document Type: Article

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