Within-nest temporal polyethism in the honey bee

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 777-784

  Johnson, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Honey bees; Social insects; Task allocation; Temporal polyethism

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; PARENTAL CARE; POLYETHISM; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38849085914     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0503-2     Document Type: Article

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