Effect of juvenile hormone on caste determination and colony processes in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-158

  Bortolotti, L ^a   Duchateau, M J ^b   Sbrenna, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; Caste determination; Colony process; Juvenile hormone (JH)

Indexed keywords

BEE; CASTE; COLONY STRUCTURE; HORMONE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035717563     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2001.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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