Egg marking pheromones of anarchistic worker honeybees (Apis mellifera)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 839-844

  Martin, Stephen J ^a   Châline, Nicolas ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b   Jones, Graeme R ^c   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anarchy; Apis mellifera; Esters; Laying workers; Social insects; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; ESTER; PHEROMONE; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 2942751942     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh089     Document Type: Article

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