Mimicry of queen Dufour's gland secretions by workers of Apis mellifera scutellata and A. m. capensis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 561-564

  Sole, Catherine L ^a   Kryger, Per ^a   Hefetz, Abraham ^b   Katzav Gozansky, Tamar ^b   Crewe, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; MIMICRY; QUEEN; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL CASTE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; SECRETION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036963862     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0370-7     Document Type: Article

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