Reinforcing a barrier - A specific social defense of the dwarf honeybee (Apis florea) released by the weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-511

  Duangphakdee, Orawan ^a   Koeniger, Nikolaus ^b   Koeniger, Gudrun ^b   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^a   Deowanish, Sureerat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Colony defense; Crematogaster rogenhoferi; Oecophylla smaragdina; Predator prey relationship

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HONEYBEE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; CREMATOGASTER ROGENHOFERI; FORMICIDAE; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; OECOPHYLLINI; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 29244438167     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005036     Document Type: Article

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