Preferred viewing directions of bumblebees (Bombus terrestrisL.) when learning and approaching their nest site
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Preferred viewing directions of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.) when learning and approaching their nest site.
Many bees and wasps learn about the immediate surroundings of their nest during learning flights, in which they look back towards the nest and acquire visual information that guides their subsequent returns. Visual guidance to the nest is simplified by the insects' tendency to adopt similar viewing directions during learning and return flights. To understand better the factors determining the p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039388