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Evolution of bee dances
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  • Published: 26 November 1992

Evolution of bee dances

  • Thomas E. Rinderer1,
  • Benjamin P. Oldroyd1,
  • H. Alien Sylvester1,
  • Siriwat Wongsiri2 &
  • …
  • Lilia I. de Guzman3 

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  1. von Frisch, K. The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees (Harvard University Press, 1967).

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  2. Wongsiri, S. et al. Apidologie 21, 47–52 (1990).

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  3. Rinderer, T. E. et al. J. apic. Res. (in the press).

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  1. USDA Agricultural Research Service, 1157 Ben Hur Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70820, USA

    Thomas E. Rinderer, Benjamin P. Oldroyd & H. Alien Sylvester

  2. Department of Biology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

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  3. Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70893, USA

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