The social clock of the honeybee

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 307-317

  Bloch, Guy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; circadian rhythms; division of labor; evolution; social behavior; sun compass orientation

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957257013     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730410380149     Document Type: Review

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