Effects of colony food shortage on behavioral development in honey bees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 295-303

  Schulz, David J ^a   Huang, Zhi Yong ^b   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral development; Behavioral plasticity; Division of labor; Foraging behavior; Temporal polyethism

Indexed keywords

BEE COLONY; DIVISION OF LABOUR; FOOD SHORTAGE; HONEYBEE; POLYETHISM; STARVATION;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031835182     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050442     Document Type: Article

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