Does the diapause experience of bumblebee queens Bombus terrestris affect colony characteristics?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Van Stratum, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumblebees; Colony characteristics; Costs of diapause; Diapause; Nondiapause; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; DIAPAUSE; QUEEN;

APIDAE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033993903     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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