Pheromonal predisposition to social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1221-1226

  Zheng, Huo Qing ^a,b   Dietemann, Vincent ^b,c   Crewe, Robin M ^b   Hepburn, Randall ^d   Hu, Fu Liang ^a   Yang, Ming Xian ^d   Pirk, Christian W W ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; mandibular gland; queen pheromone; social parasitism; worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; FATTY ACID; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HONEYBEE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INTROGRESSION; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL PARASITISM; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 78649358633     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq131     Document Type: Article

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