Genotype and colony environment affect honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) development and foraging behavior

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-94

  Pankiw, Tanya ^a   Page Jr , Robert E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Genotype environment interaction; Honeybee ontogeny

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HONEYBEE; ONTOGENY; POLLEN;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035786491     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100408     Document Type: Article

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