Benefits of cooperative breeding through increased colony survival in an allodapine bee

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 392-397

  Hogendoorn, K ^a   Zammit, J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodapine bees; Group benefits; Sociality; Survival insurance

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVIVAL;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EXONEURA NIGRESCENS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035685214     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001796     Document Type: Article

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