Observations on gynes and drones around nuptial flights in the stingless bees Tetragonisca angustula and Melipona beecheii (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae)

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-54

  Van Veen, Johan Wilhelm ^a,b   Sommeijer, Marinus Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Drone congregation; Mating; Melipona beecheii; Stingless bees; Tetragonisca angustula

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BEE; BEHAVIOR; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANGUSTULA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA BEECHEII; MELIPONINAE; TETRAGONISCA ANGUSTULA;

EID: 0033953719     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000105     Document Type: Article

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