Spatial organization and division of labour in the bumblebee Bombus impatiens

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 641-651

  Jandt, Jennifer M ^a   Dornhaus, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus impatiens; bumblebee; division of labour; self organization; spatial assortment

Indexed keywords

BEE; LABOR DIVISION; LARVA; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HEXAPODA; IMPATIENS;

EID: 59849095018     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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