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The attraction of Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) to soft drinks and perfumes.

From: The Journal of General Psychology  |  Date: 4/1/1997  |  Author: Abramson, Charles I.; Aquino, Italo S.; Azeredo, Gerson A.; Filho, Jose R.M.; Price, James M.

The attraction of Africanized bees to soft drinks and perfumes was investigated. In the first experiment, the ability of bees to discriminate between two perfumes (Realm for Men and Realm for Women) was assessed. The results indicated that the scents could be used as conditioned stimuli. In the second experiment, bees were divided into individual groups and confined to small metal tubes. Groups were fed either Diet Pepsi, spring water (control), Diet Guarana, Diet Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola, Sprite, ...

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