Endocrine influences on the organization of insect societies

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1027-1070

  Bloch, G ^a   Shpigler, H ^a   Wheeler, D E ^b   Robinson, G E ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Caste; Division of labor; Eusociality; Gyne; Haplodiploidy; Honeybee; Juvenile hormone; Pheromone; Queen; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884784075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00030-9     Document Type: Chapter

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