Nest-mate recognition template of guard honeybees (Apis mellifera) is modified by wax comb transfer

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-230

  Couvillon, Margaret J ^a   Caple, Jamie P ^a   Endsor, Samuel L ^a   Kärcher, Martin ^a   Russell, Trudy E ^a   Storey, Darren E ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Nest mate recognition; Recognition template

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NEST; OLFACTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NESTING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

WAX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WAXES;

EID: 38449093913     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0612     Document Type: Article

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