The influence of gustatory and olfactory experiences on responsiveness to reward in the honeybee.

BACKGROUND: Honeybees (Apis mellifera) exhibit an extraordinarily tuned division of labor that depends on age polyethism. This adjustment is generally associated with the fact that individuals of different ages display different response thresholds to given stimuli, which determine specific behavior...

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Main Authors: Gabriela P Ramírez, Andrés S Martínez, Vanesa M Fernández, Gonzalo Corti Bielsa, Walter M Farina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2958144?pdf=render