Antennal drumming, trophallaxis, and colony development in the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1201-1209

  Suryanarayanan, Sainath ^a   Jeanne, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; COLONY FOUNDING; FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL CARE; QUEEN; SALIVA; SECRETION; SOCIAL INSECT; TROPHALLAXIS; VIBRATION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; POLISTES; POLISTES FUSCATUS; VERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 55949105525     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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