Exploratory behavior of re-orienting foragers differs from other flight patterns of honeybees.

Honeybees, Apis mellifera, perform re-orientation flights to learn about the new surroundings of the hive when their hive is transported to a new location. Since the pattern of re-orientation flights has not yet been studied, we asked whether this form of exploratory behavior differs from the well d...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Degen, Thomas Hovestadt, Mona Storms, Randolf Menzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6114720?pdf=render