Egg laying and egg removal by workers are positively correlated in queenright Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)

Apidologie

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 203-211

  Pirk, Christian W W ^a   Neumann, Peter ^a   Hepburn, H Randall ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Egg removal; Laying workers; Worker policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

EGG REJECTION; HONEYBEE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; WORKER POLICING;

ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EGG LAYING; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036245780     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002004     Document Type: Article

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