"Spraying" behavior during queen competition in honey bees

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-437

  Tarpy, David R ^a   Fletcher, David J C ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Apis mellifera; Colony reproduction; Polygyny; Queen bees

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 0041731621     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024884211098     Document Type: Article

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