Policing of adult honey bees with activated ovaries is error prone

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 270-274

  Dampney, J R ^a   Barron, A B ^a,b   Oldroyd, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anarchy; Laying workers; Policing

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; REPRODUCTION; WORKER POLICING;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036392451     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8313-z     Document Type: Article

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