A stingless bee marks the feeding site in addition to the scent path (Scaptotrigona aff. depilis)

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-248

  Schmidt, Veronika M ^a   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^b   Barth, Friedrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Recruitment; Scaptotrigona; Scent marking; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT; SCENT MARKING;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; SCAPTOTRIGONA; SCAPTOTRIGONA DEPILIS; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0037646579     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003021     Document Type: Article

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