Renewal process of nestmate recognition template in European honeybee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Harano, Ken Ichi ^a   Sasaki, Masami ^a  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony defense; Honeybee; Learning; Memory; Nestmate recognition

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33744955903     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.325     Document Type: Article

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