Life expectancy and onset of foraging in the honeybee (apis mellifera)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-201

  Woyciechowski, M ^a   Moron D ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labour; Division of risk; Life expectancy; Nosema apis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; EUSOCIALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INOCULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SURVIVORSHIP; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS;

EID: 70349490968     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0012-6     Document Type: Article

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