Reproductive conflict in honey bees: A stalemate of worker egg-laying and policing

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-244

  Visscher, P Kirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Electrophoresis; Policing; Worker egg laying

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISTIC INTERACTION; EGG LAYING; EGG REMOVAL; HONEYBEE; REPRODUCTIVE COOPERATION; WORKER;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030303054     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050286     Document Type: Article

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