Colony reproduction in Tetragonisca angustula (Apidae, Meliponini)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-75

  Van Veen, J W ^a,b   Sommeijer, M J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Founding; Stingless bees; Swarming; Tetragonisca angustula

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY FOUNDING; SWARMING;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TETRAGONISCA ANGUSTULA;

EID: 0033994976     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050011     Document Type: Article

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