Regulation of reproduction by dominant workers in bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queenright colonies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-135

  Bloch, Guy ^a,b   Hefetz, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Corpora allata; Dominance; Oogenesis; Regulation of reproduction Juvenile hormone

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 0033036683     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050546     Document Type: Article

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