How queen and workers share in male production in the stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke (Apidae, Meliponini)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-121

  Koedam, D ^a   Contrera, F A L ^a   Fidalgo, A D O ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Male production; Melipona subnitida; Queen worker conflict; Reproductive workers; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; MELIPONA SUBNITIDA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 20844434231     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0781-x     Document Type: Article

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