Attraction and repellence of workers by the honeybee queen (Apis mellifera L.)

Ethology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 465-477

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b,c   Crewe, Robin M ^a,b,c   Randall Hepburn, H ^a,b,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; ETHOLOGY; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HONEYBEE; QUEEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034950973     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2001.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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