Reallocation of labor in honeybee colonies during heat stress: The relative roles of task switching and the activation of reserve labor

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 188-196

  Johnson, Brian R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labor; Social insects; Task allocation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; THERMOREGULATION;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036460965     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-001-0419-1     Document Type: Article

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