Organization of work in the honeybee: A compromise between division of labour and behavioural flexibility

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1511, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Johnson, Brian R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labour; Social insects; Task allocation; Temporal polyethism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CASTE; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; POLYETHISM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CASTE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; FORAGE; HEAT STRESS; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

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

EID: 0037460222     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2207     Document Type: Article

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