Nestmate recognition for eggs in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1685-1693

  Pirk, Christian W W ^a   Neumann, Peter ^b,c,d   Hepburn, Randall ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Group selection; Nestmate recognition; Social parasitism; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; EGG PREDATION; HONEYBEE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547702852     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0399-x     Document Type: Article

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