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Honey Bees Modulate Their Olfactory Learning in the Presence of Hornet Predators and Alarm Component

In Southeast Asia the native honey bee species Apis cerana is often attacked by hornets (Vespa velutina), mainly in the period from April to November. During the co-evolution of these two species honey bees have developed several strategies to defend themselves such as learning the odors of hornets...

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Autores principales: Wang, Zhengwei, Qu, Yufeng, Dong, Shihao, Wen, Ping, Li, Jianjun, Tan, Ken, Menzel, Randolf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26919132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150399