Trophallactic interactions in the adult honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 97-112

  Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labour; Language; Nutrition; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; POLLEN;

FOOD SHARING; HONEYBEE; TROPHALLAXIS;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HONEYBEE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORK;

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

EID: 0031977109     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980106     Document Type: Review

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