Production of sexuals in the stingless bee Trigona (Lepidotrigona) ventralis flavibasis Cockerell (Apidae, Meliponini) in northern Vietnam

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-503

  Chinh, Tong X ^a,b   Sommeijer, Marinus J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Bee Research and Development Centre   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Colony population dynamics; Food reserves; Gyne production; Male production; Stingless bee; Trigona

Indexed keywords

BEE; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; MELIPONA FAVOSA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA; TRIGONA VENTRALIS;

EID: 29244451852     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005035     Document Type: Article

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