The males of Melipona and other stingless bees, and their mothers

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-185

  Velthuis, Hayo H W ^a   Koedam, Dirk ^b   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera L ^b  

^a USP ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Life history; Male aggregation; Provisioning and oviposition process; Queen worker conflict; Sex ratio; Stingless bee male

Indexed keywords

SEX RATIO;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 22044432021     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005014     Document Type: Review

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