Drifting bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) workers in commercial greenhouses may be social parasites

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1843-1853

  Birmingham, Anna L ^a   Hoover, Shelley E ^a   Winston, Mark L ^a   Ydenberg, Ron C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GREENHOUSES;

GREENHOUSE HABITATS; NECTAR ROBBING; POLLEN STORES; POLLINATE CROPS;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGGRESSION; BEE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

BIODIVERSITY; FARM CROPS; GREENHOUSES; POLLEN;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 20044384541     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-181     Document Type: Article

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