Parasites and flower choice of bumblebees

In a field experiment, we tested whether workers of bumblebees,Bombus pascuorumandB.humilis, parasitized by larvae of conopid flies,Physocephala rufipesandSicus ferrugineus, differ in their flower choice from unparasitized ones. We collected workers at random in the field and immediately tested them...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Animal behaviour 1998-04, Vol.55 (4), p.819-825
Hauptverfasser:	SCHMID-HEMPEL, PAUL, STAUFFER, HANS-PETER
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Animal ethology Apidae Bees Biological and medical sciences Bombus Flowers & plants Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hymenoptera Parasites Protozoa. Invertebrata Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
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