Worker policing in the bee Apis florea

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 509-513

  Halling, Luke A ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b   Wattanachaiyingcharoen, Wandee ^a   Barron, Andrew B ^b   Nanork, Piyamas ^a   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Oophagy; Polyandry; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

APIS FLOREA;

EID: 0035026375     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100325     Document Type: Article

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