Egg-marking pheromones in honey-bees Apis mellifera

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 590-591

  Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b   Wossler, T C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036589857     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0480-4     Document Type: Review

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