Timekeeping in the honey bee colony: Integration of circadian rhythms and division of labor

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-160

  Moore, Darrell ^a   Angel, Jennifer E ^b   Cheeseman, Iain M ^b   Fahrbach, Susan E ^b   Robinson, Gene E ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Circadian rhythms; Division of labor; Honey bees; Social insects; Temporal polyethism

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; ONTOGENY;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031874751     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050476     Document Type: Article

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