Differential feeding of worker larvae affects caste characters in the Cape honeybee, Apis mellifera capensis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 555-561

  Allsopp, Mike H ^a   Calis, Johan N M ^b   Boot, Willem J ^b  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Apis mellifera scutellata; Caste differentiation; Larval food; Workers

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FOOD PROVISIONING; HONEYBEE; WORKER CASTE;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0142027893     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0666-4     Document Type: Article

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