Spatio-temporal variation of colony structure and eusociality level of the Japanese sweat bee Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) duplex (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-79

  Hirata, Masanori ^a   Cronin, Adam L ^a,b   Kidokoro, Midori ^a   Azuma, Noriko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colony structure; Eusociality; Halictidae; Lasioglossum; Worker fecundity

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY STRUCTURE; EUSOCIALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; ASSABU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SAPPORO; WORLD;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIOGLOSSUM DUPLEX;

EID: 13444272141     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-004-0005-x     Document Type: Article

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