Combined effects of waggle dance communication and landscape heterogeneity on nectar and pollen uptake in honey bee colonies

The instructive component of waggle dance communication has been shown to increase resource uptake of Apis mellifera colonies in highly heterogeneous resource environments, but an assessment of its relevance in temperate landscapes with different levels of resource heterogeneity is currently lacking...

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Main Authors: Fabian Nürnberger, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Stephan Härtel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3441.pdf