Division of labor during brood production in stingless bees with special reference to individual participation

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-190

  Cepeda, Olga Inés ^a  

^a Columbia Basin College   (United States)

Author keywords

Apidae; Division of labor; Melipona bicolor; POP; Reproductive competition; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; EGG PRODUCTION; OVIPOSITION; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER CASTE;

APOIDEA; MELIPONA BICOLOR; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 33745822028     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006018     Document Type: Review

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