Why do honey bee workers destroy each other's eggs?

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-217

  Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; EGG LAYING; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT SOCIETY; KIN SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; POLYANDRY;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 4644343636     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702602     Document Type: Note

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