Queenless colonies of the Asian red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea) are infiltrated by workers from other queenless colonies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 817-820

  Chapman, Nadine C ^a   Nanork, Piyamas ^b   Gloag, Rosalyn S ^a   Wattanachaiyingcharoen, Wandee ^c   Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Drift; Queenless; Worker reproductive parasitism

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; FITNESS; HONEYBEE; PARASITISM; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; WORKER CASTE;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 67651097711     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp065     Document Type: Article

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