Effect of 'spraying' by fighting honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.) on the temporal structure of fights

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-26

  Bernasconi, G ^a   Ratnieks, F L W ^b   Rand, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis; Colony founding; Conflict; Fighting behaviour; Honey bee; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

COLONY FOUNDING; FIGHTING; HONEYBEE; QUEEN;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034005167     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050004     Document Type: Article

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