Effects of pollen availability and nosema infection during the spring on division of labor and survival of worker honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 708-717

  Mattila, H R ^a,b   Otis, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging patterns; Nosema apis disease; Nursing behavior; Nutritional stress; Worker longevity

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; COLONY FOUNDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INOCULATION; LABOR DIVISION; LONGEVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLEN; SPRING (SEASON); SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS;

EID: 33750233540     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.3.708     Document Type: Article

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