Reproductive dominance among honeybee workers in experimental groups of Apis mellifera capensis

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-419

  Simon, Ute E ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b   Crewe, Robin M ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

9 ODA; Apis mellifera capensis; DNA fingerprinting; Individual fitness; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FITNESS; HONEYBEE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 24944509927     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005030     Document Type: Article

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