Nutritional status influences socially regulated foraging ontogeny in honey bees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4641-4649

  Toth, Amy L ^a   Kantarovich, Sara ^a   Meisel, Adam F ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labor; Foraging; Honey bee; Lipid; Nutrition; Social inhibition

Indexed keywords

5 (TETRADECYLOXY) 2 FURANCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5-(TETRADECYLOXY)-2-FURANCARBOXYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; FURAN DERIVATIVE;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FURANS; LIPID METABOLISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 31044450195     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01956     Document Type: Article

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