The honeybee queen has the potential ability to regulate the primary sex ratio

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-254

  Sasaki, Ken ^a   Satoh, Toshiyuki ^a   Obara, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Oviposition behavior; Primary sex ratio; Sex ratio adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030486601     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.247     Document Type: Article

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