The control of water collection in honey bee colonies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 407-422

  Kühnholz, Susanne ^a,c   Seeley, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Colony integration; Division of labor; Temperature control; Water collection

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; WATER COLLECTION;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 2642659389     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050402     Document Type: Article

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