Absence of nepotism in the harassment of duelling queens by honeybee workers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1528, 2003, Pages 2045-2049

  Gilley, David C ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Honeybee; Intra colony nepotism; Microsatellites; Queen duel

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

COLONY; HONEYBEE; NATURAL SELECTION; NEPOTISM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORKER;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0141528572     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2461     Document Type: Article

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