Field Test of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colony Defensive Behavior1
- 15 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 75 (4) , 383-387
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/75.4.383
Abstract
A method is described for evaluating honey bee colony defensive behavior. Three types of stimuli are presented successively: a synthetic alarm pheromone (chemical), a marble shot at the colony (physical), and mechanically jiggled blue suede targets (visual-tactual). The presentation of each stimulus in order elicits four discrete steps of defensive behavior: alerting, activating, attracting, and culminating.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Effect of Empty Comb on Hoarding Behavior and Honey Production of the Honey Bee12Journal of Economic Entomology, 1978