Experimentally induced variation in the physical reproductive potential and mating success in honey bee queens

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-574

  Tarpy, D R ^a   Keller, J J ^a   Caren, J R ^a   Delaney, D A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Honey bees; Mating behavior; Queen reproductive quality

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CASTE; COLONY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HONEYBEE; LARVA; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOMETRY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; STERILITY; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052579107     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0180-z     Document Type: Article

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