Recognition of conspecifics by honeybee guards uses nonheritable cues acquired in the adult stage

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 643-648

  Downs, Stephen G ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HONEYBEE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032830384     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1177     Document Type: Article

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