Description of an intermorph between a worker and queen in African honey bees Apis mellifera scutellata (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1299-1305

  DeGrandi Hoffman, Gloria ^a   Chambers, Mona ^a   Hooper, Judith E ^b   Schneider, Stanley S ^c  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Pima Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood rearing; Intercaste; Morphology; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

CASTE; HONEYBEE; MORPHOLOGY; PHEROMONE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

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

EID: 12144280238     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[1299:DOAIBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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