Division of labor in a dynamic environment: Response by honeybees (Apis mellifera) to graded changes in colony pollen stores

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-179

  Fewell, Jennifer H ^a   Bertram, Susan M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labor; Genetics; Honeybee; Pollen foraging

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032867305     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050607     Document Type: Article

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