Regulation of division of labor in insect societies

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 637-665

  Robinson, Gene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Behavioral physiology; Colony organization; Juvenile hormone; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEE; DIVISION OF LABOUR; HONEYBEE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INSECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027027910     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.en.37.010192.003225     Document Type: Article

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