Collection of mold (Rhizopus sp.) spores in lieu of pollen by the stingless bee Trigona collina

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-30

  Eltz, T ^a   Bruhl C A ^a   Gorke C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brood provisions; Meliponini; Pollen diet; Pollen foraging; Spore collection

Indexed keywords

BEE; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOLD; POLLEN;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELIPONINAE; MUCORALES; RHIZOPUS; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA; TRIGONA COLLINA; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 0036221176     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8274-2     Document Type: Article

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