Experimental analysis of worker division of labor in bumblebee nest thermoregulation (Bombus huntii, Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 783-792

  Gardner, Kathryn E ^a   Foster, Robin L ^b   O'Donnell, Sean ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; Polyethism; Specialization; Task performance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BEE; BROOD REARING; INCUBATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS HUNTII; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33847618412     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0309-7     Document Type: Article

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