Interspecific utilisation of wax in comb building by honeybees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 719-723

  Hepburn, H Randall ^a   Radloff, Sarah E ^a   Duangphakdee, Orawan ^b   Phaincharoen, Mananya ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Apis dorsata; Apis florea; Apis mellifera capensis; Wax discrimination

Indexed keywords

BAYBERRY WAX; CANDELILLA WAX; CERESIN; JAPAN WAX; OZOKERITE WAX; PROPOLIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIPID; PHYLOGENY; RESOURCE USE; WAX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; JAPAN; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; HONEY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WAXES;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; EUPHORBIA ANTISYPHILITICA; MORELLA;

EID: 67349235343     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0517-x     Document Type: Article

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