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Apidologie
Volume 24, Number 3, 1993
Neurobiology of the honeybee
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| Page(s) | 297 - 307 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19930309 | |
Apidologie 24 (1993) 297-307
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19930309
Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften der Universität, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, D-9707 Würzburg, Germany
Key words: acoustical communication / sensory physiology / vibration / sound / hearing
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19930309
Acoustical communication in honeybees
W.H. KirchnerTheodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften der Universität, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, D-9707 Würzburg, Germany
Abstract - Airborne sound and vibrational signals play an important role in honeybee communication. Physiological mechanisms of production, transmission and perception of acoustical signals in honeybees as well as the biological significance of these communication systems are discussed.
Key words: acoustical communication / sensory physiology / vibration / sound / hearing