Foraging behaviour of Trigona carbonaria (Hymenoptera : Apidae) at multiple-choice feeding stations

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-153

  Bartareau, Tad ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030464752     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9960143     Document Type: Article

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