Social parasitism of queens and workers in the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 735-740

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b   Lattorff, H Michael G ^a   Crous, Kendall L ^c   Hepburn, Randall H ^c  

^a Institut für Biologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape honeybee; Parasitic queens; Parasitic workers; Queen rearing

Indexed keywords

EGG; HONEYBEE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITISM; QUEEN; REARING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 79952656446     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1077-y     Document Type: Article

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