The influence of social hunger on food distribution and its implications for disease transmission in a honeybee colony

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Feigenbaum, C ^a   Naug, D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony hunger; Food distribution; Honeybees; Radiolabel; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HONEYBEE; HUNGER; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; QUEEN; RADIOACTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL INSECT; STARVATION; TROPHALLAXIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052468159     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0073-6     Document Type: Article

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