Honey loading for pollen collection: Regulation of crop content in honeybee pollen foragers on leaving hive

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 595-598

  Harano, Ken Ichi ^a   Mitsuhata Asai, Akiko ^a   Sasaki, Masami ^a  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; HONEY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HONEY; POLLEN;

EID: 84904800122     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1185-z     Document Type: Article

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