Parasitic Cape honey bee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) are not given differential treatment by African guards (A. m. scutellata)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 216-220

  Beekman, M ^a,b   Wossler, T C ^c   Martin, S J ^a   Ratnieks, F L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A. m. scutellata; Apis mellifera capensis; Guard bees; Mandibular gland pheromones (QMP); Parasitism

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SUBSPECIES;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036392355     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8304-0     Document Type: Article

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