Biology of a weakly social bee, Exoneura (Exoneurella) setosa (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and implications for social evolution in Australian allodapine bees

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-234

  Neville, Tania ^a   Schwarz, Michael P ^a   Tierney, Simon M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; EVOLUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; EXONEURA SETOSA; EXONEURELLA SETOSA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031700057     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO98002     Document Type: Article

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