Differential responses of honeybee (Apis mellifera) patrilines to changes in stimuli for the generalist tasks of nursing and foraging

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1185-1194

  Chapman, Nadine C ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a   Hughes, William O H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age demography; Polyandry; Stimulus response threshold; Task allocation; Task plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GENERALIST; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; POLYANDRY; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34248337797     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0348-0     Document Type: Article

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