Cooperative wasp-killing by mixed-species colonies of honeybees, Apis cerana and Apis mellifera

Apidologie

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-200

  Tan, Ken ^a,b   Yang, Ming Xian ^b,c   Wang, Zheng Wei ^b   Li, Hua ^b   Zhang, Zu Yun ^b   Radloff, Sarah E ^c   Hepburn, Randall ^b,c  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Agricultural University   (China)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Apis mellifera; Cooperation; Defensive behaviour; Mixed species

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NEST GUARDING; PREDATOR; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VESPA; VESPA VELUTINA;

EID: 84861984183     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0098-5     Document Type: Article

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