The organisation of larval feeding in bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) and its significance to caste differentiation

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-133

  Pereboom, J J M ^a,b   Velthuis, H H W ^a   Duchateau, M J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Caste differentiation; Larval feeding

Indexed keywords

BEE; CASTE; LARVA; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0037729017     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0639-7     Document Type: Article

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