A test of the mating limitation hypothesis for caste determination in Evylaeus albipes (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), a primitively eusocial halictine bee

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-128

  Plateaux Quénu, Cecile ^a   Packer, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caste determination; Halictine bee; Mating; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

EVYLAEUS ALBIPES;

EID: 0031800753     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020874702045     Document Type: Article

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