Division of labor between undertaker specialists and other middle-aged workers in honey bee colonies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-163

  Trumbo, Stephen T ^a   Huang, Zhi Yong ^b   Robinson, Gene E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labor; Ergonomics; Honey bees; Hygienic behaviour; Social insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030827356     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050374     Document Type: Article

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