Anarchistic queen honey bees have normal queen mandibular pheromones

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-10

  Hoover, S E R ^a   Oldroyd, B P ^b   Wossler, T C ^c   Winston, M L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anarchy; Apis mellifera; Laying workers; QMP; Queen mandibular pheromones

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 20844443007     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0772-y     Document Type: Article

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