Life cycle and social behavior in a heathland population of Exoneura robusta (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Habitat influences opportunities for sib rearing in a primitively social bee

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 707-716

  Cronin, Adam L ^a   Schwarz, Michael P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodapine; Bee; Exoneura; Habitat variation; Life cycle; Sociality

Indexed keywords

BEE; HABITAT TYPE; HEATHLAND; LIFE CYCLE; REARING; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA;

APIDAE; EXONEURA ROBUSTA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033369047     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.5.707     Document Type: Article

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