Genotypic variation in the expression of guarding behavior and the role of guards in the defensive response of honey bee colonies

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 439-447

  Arechavaleta Velasco, Miguel E ^a,b   Hunt, Greg J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Defensive behavior; Guarding behavior; Stinging behavior

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; NEST GUARDING;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0038092898     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003028     Document Type: Article

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