Colony integration and reproductive conflict in honey bees

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 23-45

  Visscher, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Kin recognition; Nepotism; Social behavior; Worker laying

Indexed keywords

COLONY INTEGRATION; HONEYBEE; NEPOTISM; REPRODUCTIVE CONFLICT; SEX RATIO; WORKER;

EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK;

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

EID: 0031967722     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980102     Document Type: Review

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