The nurse's load: Early-life exposure to brood-rearing affects behavior and lifespan in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 467-471

  Amdam, Gro V ^a,b   Rueppell, Olav ^c   Fondrk, M Kim ^a   Page, Robert E ^a   Nelson, C Mindy ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Life history regulation; Longevity; Nursing; Social behavior; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BEE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; LONGEVITY; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VITELLOGENINS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 66049154796     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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