Patterns of male production in the stingless bee Melipona favosa (Apidae, Meliponini)

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-170

  Chinh, Tong X ^a,b   Grob, Gijs B J ^c   Meeuwsen, Francis J A J ^a   Sommeijer, Marinus J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Natl Bee R and D Centre   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laying worker; Male production; Melipona; Reproductive eggs; Trophic eggs

Indexed keywords

BEE; EGG; MALE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA FAVOSA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0242499843     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003008     Document Type: Article

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