Manipulation of colony environment modulates honey bee aggression and brain gene expression

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 802-811

  Rittschof, C C ^a   Robinson, G E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Africanized honey bee; Behavioral maturation; Behavioral plasticity; Single cohort colony; Stress

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HONEYBEE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

AFRICANIZED HONEY BEE; BEHAVIORAL MATURATION; BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY; SINGLE-COHORT COLONY; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84886768334     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12087     Document Type: Article

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