Solitary and group nesting in the orchid bee Euglossa hyacinthina (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-255

  Soucy, S L ^a,b   Giray, T ^c   Roubik, D W ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Euglossine bees; Nesting biology; Social behaviour; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

BEE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; APINAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSINI; HYMENOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0042284630     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0670-8     Document Type: Article

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