The influence of worker behavior and paternity on the development and emergence of honey bee queens

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 306-314

  Schneider, S S ^a   DeGrandi Hoffman, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bee; Queen rearing; Vibration signal; Worker queen interactions

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PATERNITY; QUEEN; REARING; WORKER CASTE;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036436879     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012653     Document Type: Article

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