Nest and colony characteristics of three stingless bee species in Vietnam with the first description of the nest of Lisotrigona carpenteri (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-372

  Chinh, T X ^a,b   Sommeijer, M J ^a   Boot, W J ^c   Michener, C D ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Bee Research and Development Centre   (Viet Nam)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood; Castes; Food reserves; Lisotrigona; Meliponini; Nest architecture; Trigona

Indexed keywords

BEE; CASTE; COLONY STRUCTURE; NEST STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA; TRIGONA LAEVICEPS; TRIGONA VENTRALIS;

EID: 30144439912     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0409.14.1     Document Type: Article

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