Genetic variation in worker temporal polyethism and colony defensiveness in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-55

  Giray, Tugrul ^a,b   Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^c   Aron, Carol W ^a   Zelinsky, Benjamin ^a   Fahrbach, Susan E ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavioral development; Defense; Foraging; Honey bees; Life history

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034060099     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.1.44     Document Type: Article

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