Rearing of Non-Descendant Offspring in an Allodapine Bee, Exoneura bicolor Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae): A Preferred Strategy or Queen Coercion?

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-394

  Bull, Nicholas J ^a   Schwarz, Michael P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EXONEURA BICOLOR; HYMENOPTERA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 0001458601     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01491.x     Document Type: Article

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