Reciprocal interactions between honeybees and combs in the integration of some colony functions in Apis mellifera L.

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-66

  Hepburn, H R ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Combs; Honeybee; Pheromones; Self organization; Sound

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; PHEROMONE; POLLEN; PROPOLIS;

COLONY FUNCTION; COMB BUILDING; HONEYBEE; WAX SECRETION;

HONEYBEE; INSECT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUND; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PROPOLIS;

EID: 0031979284     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980103     Document Type: Review

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