Lack of worker reproduction in the giant honey bee Apis dorsata Fabricius

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-85

  Wattanachaiyingcharoen, W ^a,b   Oldroyd, B P ^c   Good, G ^c   Halling, L ^c   Ratnieks, F L W ^d   Wongsiri, S ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis dorsata; Ovary activation; Worker policing; Worker sterility

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; REPRODUCTION; STERILITY;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FLOREA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036220827     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8283-1     Document Type: Article

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