Chemical ecology of bumble bees

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-319

  Ayasse, Manfred ^a   Jarau, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility signal; Foraging scent marks; Male marking pheromones; Queen pheromones; Social bees; Social parasites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; BEE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891918043     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-161949     Document Type: Article

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