A general model of pheromone transmission within honey bee hives

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-170

  Watmough, James ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CROWDING; HIVE; HONEY BEE; MODELLING; PHEROMONE TRANSMISSION; SWARMING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0031582971     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0506     Document Type: Article

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