Oviposition behaviour of two Australian stingless bees, Austroplebeia symei Rayment and Austroplebeia australis Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 234-241

  Drumond, Patrícia M ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b   Dollin, Anne E ^a   Dollin, Leslie J ^a  

^a Australian Native Bee Res Centre   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Queen oviposition; Queen worker conflict; Stingless bees; Trophic eggs; Worker oviposition

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; AUSTROPLEBEIA AUSTRALIS; AUSTROPLEBEIA SYMEI; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 0000493346     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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