Aggressive reproductive competition among hopelessly queenless honeybee workers triggered by pheromone signaling

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 553-559

  Malka, O ^a   Shnieor, S ^a   Katzav Gozansky, T ^a   Hefetz, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominancy; Dufour's gland; Fertility; Honeybee; Mandibular glands

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; FERTILITY; HONEYBEE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; REPRODUCTION; SEX PHEROMONE; SIGNALING; WORKER CASTE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; WORKER (INSECT);

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 44149106615     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0358-z     Document Type: Article

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