Regulation of worker reproduction in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): Workers eavesdrop on a queen signal

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-446

  Alaux, Cédric ^a,c   Jaisson, Pierre ^a   Hefetz, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Gyne production; Queen signal; Reproductive conflict; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 33745257050     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0184-2     Document Type: Article

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