What makes a honeybee scout?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 985-995

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Gilchrist, Amy L ^a   Duncan, Michael ^a   Sumpter, David J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis; Division of labor; Foraging; Honeybees; Scouting

Indexed keywords

COLONY FOUNDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECRUITMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 34147185138     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0331-9     Document Type: Article

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