Reversible royalty in worker honeybees (Apis mellifera) under the queen influence

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 465-473

  Malka, Osnat ^a   Shnieor, Shiri ^a   Hefetz, Abraham ^a   Katzav Gozansky, Tamar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dufour's gland; Fertility reversion; Honeybee; Mandibular glands; Queen worker conflict

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STERILITY; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845617598     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0274-1     Document Type: Article

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