Honey bee foraging distance depends on month and forage type

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-70

  Couvillon, Margaret J ^a   Riddell Pearce, Fiona C ^a   Accleton, Christopher ^a   Fensome, Katherine A ^a   Quah, Shaun K L ^a   Taylor, Esme L ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; forage availability; nectar; pollen; waggle dance

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; POLLEN;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84919948740     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0302-5     Document Type: Article

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