Difference in colony development of two Japanese bumblebees, Bombus hypocrita and B. ignitus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 597-603

  Asada, Shinichi ^a   Masato, Ono ^b  

^a Kanagawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus hypocrita; Bombus ignitus; Bumblebee; Colony development; Distribution

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; BOMBUS HYPOCRITA; BOMBUS IGNITUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034310228     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.597     Document Type: Article

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