Post-stinging behavior of worker honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 754-757

  Cunard, S J ^a   Breed, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE;

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

EID: 0032433891     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/91.5.754     Document Type: Article

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