Honey bee primer pheromones and colony organization: Gaps in our knowledge

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 81-95

  Winston, Mark L ^a   Slessor, Keith N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Colony integration; Primer pheromones; Queen pheromones

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

COLONY ORGANIZATION; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE;

EVOLUTION; HONEYBEE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WORK;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031956927     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980105     Document Type: Review

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