Group decision making during queen production in colonies of highly eusocial bees

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-216

  Tarpy, David R ^a   Gilley, David C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony reproduction; Group decision making; Highly eusocial bees; Queen elimination; Queen rearing

Indexed keywords

BEE; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 1842767063     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004008     Document Type: Review

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