Egg-marking pheromones in honey-bees Apis mellifera - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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School of Biological Sciences A12, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa
T. C. Wossler
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Oldroyd, B.P., Ratnieks, F.L.W. & Wossler, T.C. Egg-marking pheromones in honey-bees Apis mellifera . Behav Ecol Sociobiol 51, 590–591 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-002-0480-4
Received: 19 March 2001
Revised: 12 November 2001
Accepted: 05 December 2001
Published: 23 March 2002
Issue Date: May 2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-002-0480-4