No spatial patterns for early nectar storage in honey bee colonies

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-59

  Eyer, M ^a,b   Greco, M K ^c,d   Lang, J ^b   Neumann, P ^b,e   Dietemann, V ^a,e  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decision making; Diagnostic radioentomology; Honey bees; Honey storage; Nectar; Sugar concentration

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COLONY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; ENTOMOLOGY; FOOD STORAGE; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLEN; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SUGAR; SURVIVAL; TESTING METHOD; WORKER CASTE;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84954362557     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-015-0432-4     Document Type: Article

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