Division of labor by division of risk according to worker life expectancy in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-205

  Woyciechowski, Michał ^a   Kozłowski, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labor; Division of risk; Life expectancy; Nosema apis

Indexed keywords

DIVISION OF LABOUR; HONEYBEE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELLING; WORKER;

ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HONEYBEE; INSECT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; WORK;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA APIS;

EID: 2642683514     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980111     Document Type: Article

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