Pattern formation on the combs of honeybees: Increasing fitness by coupling self-organization with templates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1655, 2009, Pages 255-261

  Johnson, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Honeybees; Pattern formation; Self organization; Social insects; Templates

Indexed keywords

COLONY; COMPLEXITY; FITNESS; HONEYBEE; MODELING; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GROWTH RATE; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58149231290     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0793     Document Type: Article

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