Limited flexibility in the temporal caste system of the honey bee

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-226

  Johnson, Brian R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; INSECTA;

EID: 21344445715     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0949-z     Document Type: Article

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