Ovarian activation in Melipona quadrifasciata queens triggered by mating plug stimulation (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Apidologie

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 355-361

  Melo, Gabriel A R ^a   Buschini, Maria Luisa T ^b   Campos, Lucio A O ^c  

^a Departamento de Zoologia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Melipona quadrifasciata; Ovarian development; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; EGG LAYING; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0034868787     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2001135     Document Type: Article

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