Recruitment-dance signals draw larger audiences when honey bee colonies have multiple patrilines

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Girard, M B ^a   Mattila, H R ^b   Seeley, T D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Apis mellifera; Genetic diversity; Recruitment signalling; Waggle dance language

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONY; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; POLYANDRY; QUEEN; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIGNALING; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 79251594869     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0118-x     Document Type: Article

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