Queen control of a key life-history event in a eusocial insect

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Holland, Jacob G ^a   Guidat, Florian S ^a,b   Bourke, Andrew F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bombus; Eusocial insect; Life history; Queen control; Switch point

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEE; EUSOCIALITY; LIFE HISTORY; QUEEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BUMBLEBEE; EUSOCIAL INSECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LIFE HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUEEN CONTROL; SWITCH POINT;

BOMBUS; EUSOCIAL INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; QUEEN CONTROL; SWITCH POINT;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES;

EID: 84878179237     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0056     Document Type: Review

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