Chemical properties allow stingless bees to place their eggs upright on liquid larval food

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 300-305

  Jungnickel, Harald ^a   Velthuis, Hayo H W ^b,c   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera L ^d   Morgan, E David ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Hydrocarbons; Hydrophobic coating; Melipona; Monolayer; Queen egg; Reproductive worker egg; Stingless bees; Surface tension; Trophic egg

Indexed keywords

BEE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; EGG; FATTY ACID;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA;

EID: 0035673280     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6962.2001.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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