A scientific note on the nest and colony development of the Neotropical bumble bee Bombus (Robustobombus) melaleucus

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-450

  Hoffmann, Wolfgang R E ^a,b   Torres, Alexandra ^b   Neumann, Peter ^c,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bombus (Robustobombus) melaleucus; Bumble bee; Neotropical; Nesting biology

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ROBUSTOBOMBUS;

EID: 2942583462     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004011     Document Type: Article

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