Workers of the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris are more similar to males than to queens in their cuticular compounds

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 611-618

  Kerr, Warwick E ^a   Jungnickel, Harald ^b,c   Morgan, E David ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caste; Cuticular signature; Hydrocarbons; Meliponinae; Polyphenism

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE;

APOIDEA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA SCUTELLARIS; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 12444309409     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004052     Document Type: Article

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