Nest architecture and nesting ecology of the orchid bee Eulaema meriana (Hymenoptera: Apinae: Euglossini)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 142-165

  Cameron, Sydney A ^a   Ramírez, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ECUADOR;

APIDAE; EULAEMA MERIANA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035572959     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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