First record of emergency queen rearing in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apinae, Meliponini)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-113

  Faustino, C D ^a   Silva Matos, E V ^a   Mateus, S ^a   Zucchi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Frieseomelitta varia; Gyne production; Meliponini

Indexed keywords

QUEEN; REARING;

APIDAE; APINAE; APOIDEA; FRIESEOMELITTA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA;

EID: 0036285507     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8287-x     Document Type: Article

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