Decision making plasticity of swarming honeybees (Apis cerana cerana)

Research Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-14

  Huang, Qiang ^a   Zeng, Zhi Jiang ^a   Yan, Wei Yu ^a   Huang, Kang ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apis cerana cerana; Decision; Genetic relatedness; Swarming

Indexed keywords

APIS CERANA CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 63049114774     PISSN: 09736263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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