Decoding Brood Pheromone: The Releaser and Primer Effects of Young and Old Larvae on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Workers
abstract: How a colony regulates the division of labor to forage for nutritional resources while accommodating for changes in colony demography is a fundamental question in the sociobiology of social insects. In honey bee, Apis mellifera, brood composition impacts the division of labor, but it is un...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.24844 |