A Socio-Spatial Combined Approach Confirms a Highly Compartmentalised Structure in Honeybees

Ethology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1167-1176

  Baracchi, David ^a   Cini, Alessandro ^b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Ergonomic requirements; Interaction network; Organisational immunity; Self organisation; Social insects; Transmission

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84911498583     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12290     Document Type: Article

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