Nestmate recognition in the stingless bee Melipona panamica (Apidae, Meliponini)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 208-218

  Inoue, T ^a   Roubik, D W ^b   Suka, T ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Shinshu University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apidae; Melipona panamica; Nestmate recognition; Stingless bees; Worker oviposition

Indexed keywords

BEE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA PANAMICA;

EID: 0032802540     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050136     Document Type: Article

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