Individual versus social pathway to honeybee worker reproduction (Apis mellifera): Pollen or jelly as protein source for oogenesis?

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 761-768

  Schafer M O ^a   Dietemann, V ^b   Pirk, C W W ^b   Neumann, P ^c,d   Crewe, R M ^b   Hepburn, H R ^d   Tautz, J ^e   Crailsheim, K ^f  

^a Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Freiburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Honeybees; Pheromonal dominance; Pollen consumption; Trophallaxis; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745727075     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0112-y     Document Type: Article

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