Social parasitism by Cape honeybee workers in colonies of their own subspecies (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-193

  Hartel S ^a   Neumann, P ^a,b,c   Raassen, F S ^d   Moritz, R F A ^a   Hepburn, H R ^b,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Honeybees; Intracolonial selection; Intraspecific social parasitism; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

COLONY; EUSOCIALITY; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SUBSPECIES; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33745157180     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0857-2     Document Type: Article

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