Clustered male production by workers in the stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke (Apidae, Meliponinae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-391

  Koedam, D ^a   Contrera, F A L ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Male production; Melipona subnitida; Queen dominance; Stingless bees; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEE; CASTE; OVIPOSITION;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA SUBNITIDA;

EID: 0032702455     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050161     Document Type: Article

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