The use of the vibration signal and worker piping to influence queen behavior during swarming in honey bees, Apis mellifera

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-275

  Pierce, Andrew L ^a   Lewis, Lee A ^a   Schneider, Stanley S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NEST SITE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; SIGNALING; SWARMING; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 33847123927     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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