Honeybee queen tergal gland secretion affects ovarian development in caged workers

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-320

  Wossler, Theresa C ^a   Crewe, Robin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Ovarian development; Queen pheromone; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032733566     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990407     Document Type: Article

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