Queen replacement in African and European honey bee colonies with and without afterswarms

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-85

  Schneider, S S ^a   Degrandi Hoffman, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterswarm; Queen replacement; Social reproduction; Swarming; Vibration signal

Indexed keywords

COLONY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; SWARMING;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 39749178355     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0973-2     Document Type: Article

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