Queen influence on worker reproduction in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) colonies

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-293

  Alaux, C ^a   Jaisson, P ^a   Hefetz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Conflict timing; Queen production; Queen signal; Queen worker conflict; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; WORKER CASTE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344645895     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0741-5     Document Type: Article

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