Annual and social variation in foraging effort of the obligately eusocial sweat bee, Halictus ligatus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 484-502

  Richards, Miriam H ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colony social organization; Environmental variation; Eusociality; Parental investment; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUSOCIALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HALICTUS LIGATUS; HYMENOPTERA; VICTORIA;

EID: 11344279996     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/E37.1     Document Type: Article

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