Individual-level patterns of division of labor in honeybees highlight flexibility in colony-level developmental mechanisms

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 923-930

  Johnson, Brian R ^a   Frost, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Honeybees; Polyphenism; Social insects; Superorganism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CASTE; COLONY; EUSOCIALITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LABOR DIVISION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84861234906     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1341-4     Document Type: Article

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