Cell provisioning and oviposition in Melipona beecheii (Apidae, Meliponinae), with a note on caste determination

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 411-419

  Van Veen, Johan Wilhelm ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Caste; Melipona beecheii; Stingless bee; Trophic worker egg

Indexed keywords

BEE; FOOD PROVISIONING; OVIPOSITION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EGG LAYING; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA BEECHEII; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0034047512     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000131     Document Type: Article

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