Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10971100 Animal Behaviour 2013 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Reversion of foragers to nursing behaviour was tested in honeybee workers. ► Workers' life expectancy was a strong determinant of their behavioural reversion. ► Developed ovaries and hypopharyngeal glands characterize reverted workers.
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Life Sciences Agricultural and Biological Sciences Animal Science and Zoology
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Reversion in honeybee, Apis mellifera, workers with different life expectancies
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