Observations of Successful Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies in Southern Tasmania

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-254

  Buttermore, R E ^a  

^a TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; AVES; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0000235966     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01463.x     Document Type: Article

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