Demand for task performance and workforce replacement: Undertakers in honeybee, Apis mellifera, colonies

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-329

  Breed, Michael D ^a   Williams, Dionne B ^a   Queral, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Honey bee; Task allocation; Undertaker

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0036321333     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016261008322     Document Type: Article

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