Regulation of ovary activation in worker honey-bees (Apis mellifera): Larval signal production and adult response thresholds differ between anarchistic and wild-type bees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 366-370

  Oldroyd, B P ^a   Wossler, T C ^a   Ratnieks, F L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anarchy; Apis mellifera; Brood pheromones; Honest signals; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WORKER CASTE;

EID: 0034828683     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100369     Document Type: Article

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