Social parasitism by honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Escholtz): Host finding and resistance of hybrid host colonies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 419-428

  Neumann, Peter ^a,b   Radloff, Sarah E ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^b   Hepburn, H Randall ^a   Reece, Sacha L ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Apis mellifera scutellata; Honeybee; Host finding; Hybrids; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

HOST COLONY; HOST RESISTANCE; HYBRID; PARASITISM; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION;

BEE; DISPERSAL; HOST LOCATION; PARASITISM; QUEENLESS COLONY; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034946382     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.4.419     Document Type: Article

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