The effect of queen pheromones on worker honey bee ovary development

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 477-480

  Hoover, Shelley E R ^a   Keeling, Christopher I ^a,b   Winston, Mark L ^a   Slessor, Keith N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; QUEEN MANDIBULAR PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WORKER CASTE;

ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; HONEY; OVARY; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0242361094     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0462-z     Document Type: Article

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