Effects of social environment and worker mandibular glands on endocrine-mediated behavioral development in honey bees

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-152

  Huang, Z Y ^a   Plettner, E ^b   Robinson, G E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavioral development Primer pheromone; Division of labor; Juvenile hormone

Indexed keywords

INSECT HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; ENDOCRINE GLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MANDIBLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INSECT HORMONES; MANDIBLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032147211     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050242     Document Type: Article

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