Queen and forager sizes of Bombus affinis cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 880-886

  Schiestl, Florian P ^a   Barrows, Edward M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apidae; Bumble bee; Forager size; Queen size; Seasonal size changes

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032693201     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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