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Apidologie

Vol. 33 No. 2 (March-April 2002)

Special Issue
The Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis). From laying workers to social parasites

• Editorial    p. 99
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• Apis mellifera capensis: an essay on the subspecific classification of honeybees     p. 105
  Randall Hepburn and Sarah E. Radloff
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• A method for estimating variation in the phenotypic expression of morphological characters by thelytokous parthenogenesis in Apis mellifera capensis     p. 129
  Sarah E. Radloff, Randall Hepburn, Peter Neumann, Robin F.A. Moritz and Per Kryger
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• Pheromone mimicry by Apis mellifera capensis social parasites leads to reproductive anarchy in host Apis mellifera scutellata colonies     p. 139
  Theresa Clair Wossler
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• Behavioural basis for social parasitism of Cape honeybees (Apis mellifera capensis)     p. 165
  Peter Neumann and Randall Hepburn
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• Getting more than a fair share: nutrition of worker larvae related to social parasitism in the Cape honey bee Apis mellifera capensis     p. 193
  Johan N.M. Calis, Willem J. Boot, Mike H. Allsopp and Madeleine Beekman
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• Egg laying and egg removal by workers are positively correlated in queenright Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)     p. 203
  Christian W.W. Pirk, Peter Neumann and H. Randall Hepburn
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• A scientific note on the ovarial and pheromonal development of drifted and non-drifted Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis)     p. 213
  Sacha L. Reece
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• Usurpation of African Apis mellifera scutellata colonies by parasitic Apis mellifera capensis workers     p. 215
  Stephen Martin, Theresa Wossler and Per Kryger
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• Population dynamics of the Cape bee phenomenon: The impact of parasitic laying worker clones in apiaries and natural populations     p. 233
  Robin F.A. Moritz
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