Ethology of hygienic behaviour in the honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Behavioural repertoire of hygienic bees

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-379

  Arathi, H S ^a   Burns, I ^a   Spivak, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034119516     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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