Prison construction and guarding behaviour by European honeybees is dependent on inmate small hive beetle density

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 382-384

  Ellis, J D ^a   Hepburn, H R ^a   Ellis, A M ^a   Elzen, P J ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEETLE; DENSITY; HONEYBEE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRISON; REPRODUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; EUROPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0042108562     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0447-y     Document Type: Article

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