Individual foraging, activity level and longevity in the stingless bee Melipona beecheli in Costa Rica (hymenoptera, apidae, meliponinae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 427-443

  Biesmeijer, J C ^a,c   Toth E ^b,c  

^a Rice University ^*  (Costa Rica)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foraging activity; Foraging efficiency; Melipona; Specialisation; Stingless bees; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LONGEVITY;

COSTA RICA;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA BEECHEII; MELIPONA BEECHELI;

EID: 0031797497     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050099     Document Type: Article

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