Changes with age in queen honey bee (Apis mellifera) head chemical constituents (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Rhodes, John W ^a   Lacey, Michael J ^b   Harden, Steven ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Apis mellifera; Head chemical constituents; Queen

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34247172413     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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