Hourly capture of two species of Megalopta (Hymenoptera: Apoidea; Halictidae) at black lights in Panama with notes on nocturnal foraging by bees

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-196

  Roulston, T'ai H ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

PANAMA;

HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGALOPTA ECUADORIA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS;

EID: 0031544882     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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