Behavioral responses evoked in honey bee workers by Dufour gland extracts (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 673-678

  Abdalla, Fábio Camargo ^a   Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a  

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Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavioral response; Dufour gland; Forager worker; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035645857     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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