Selection on worker honeybee responses to queen pheromone (Apis mellifera L.)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 487-490

  Pankiw, T ^a   Winston, Mark L ^b   Fondrk, M Kim ^a   Slessor, Keith N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOASSAY; HONEYBEE; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; WORKER;

ANIMALS; BEES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033638278     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050764     Document Type: Article

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