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Honeybee odometry and scent guidance

Date

Authors

Vladusich, Tony

Hemmi, Jan

Zeil, Jochen

Publisher

The Company of Biologists Ltd

Abstract

We report on a striking asymmetry in search behaviour observed in honeybees trained to forage alternately at one of two feeder sites in a narrow tunnel. Bees were trained by periodically switching the position of a sucrose reward between relatively short

Keywords

Keywords: animal; article; bee; feeding behavior; motor activity; odor; physiology; Animals; Bees; Feeding Behavior; Motor Activity; Odors; Apis mellifera; Apoidea Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Navigation; Odometry; Scent

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84741

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Experimental Biology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1242/jeb.02156

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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