Patriline differences in emergency queen rearing in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-236

  Chaline N ^a   Arnold, G ^b   Papin, C ^c   Ratnieks, F L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Kin recognition; Microsatellites; Nepotism; Queens

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; KIN RECOGNITION; NEPOTISM; QUEEN;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0043286885     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0664-6     Document Type: Article

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