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A Comparative Study of Food Source Selection in Stingless Bees and Honeybees: Scent Marks, Location, or Color

In social bees, the choice of food sources is based on several factors, including scent marks, color, and location of flowers. Here, we used similar setups, in which two stingless bee species, Melipona subnitida and Plebeia flavocincta, and the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, were tested regarding...

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Autores principales: Koethe, Sebastian, Fischbach, Vivian, Banysch, Sarah, Reinartz, Lara, Hrncir, Michael, Lunau, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7218124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32435253
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00516