Discrimination of larval sex and timing of male brood elimination by workers in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-399

  Sasaki, Ken ^a,b   Kitamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Obara, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Cuticular substances; Honeybee; Sex discrimination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 8344235112     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.393     Document Type: Article

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