Foraging activity and pollen diets of subterranean stingless bee colonies in response to general flowering in Sarawak, Malaysia

Apidologie

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 303-314

  Nagamitsu, Teruyoshi ^a   Inoue, Tamiji ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraging; General flowering; Lowland mixed dipterocarp forests; Nectar; Pollen diet; Sarawak; Trigona

Indexed keywords

BEE; DIET; FLOWERING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POLLEN;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; DIET; FLOWERING; FORAGING; MALAYSIA; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; POLLEN;

MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA;

EID: 0036275061     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002016     Document Type: Article

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