Methoprene does not affect food preferences and foraging performance in honey bee workers

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-235

  Deng, Guiyun ^a   Waddington, Keith D ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Food preferences; Foraging performance; Honey bees; Juvenile hormone; Methoprene

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0030834285     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765555     Document Type: Article

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