Honeybee egg-laying workers mimic a queen signal

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-23

  Katzav Gozansky, T ^a   Soroker, V ^b   Francke, W ^c   Hefetz, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Attraction; Dufour's gland; Esters; Honeybees

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; MIMICRY; WORKER CASTE;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0347296335     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400300003     Document Type: Article

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