Article
The behavioral genetics of colony defense in honeybees: genetic variability for guarding behavior.
Behavior genetics - 1 May 1991
Breed M D, Rogers K B
Abstract excerpt
Guard honeybees stand at the entrance of colonies and facilitate the exclusion of nonnestmates from the colony. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that genetic variability among individuals in colonies might explain variability in guarding activity. To do this, we cross-fostered honey bees between colonies with high-defensive responses and colonies with low-defensive responses in alarm pheromone tests....
Topics
- Agonistic Behavior
- Animals
- Arousal
- Bees
- Genetic Variation
- Phenotype
- Pheromones
- Territoriality