Size variation and egg laying performance in Plebeia remota queens (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 653-664

  Ribeiro, Márcia De Fátima ^a,b   Santos Filho, Pérsio De Souza ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera Lúcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Egg laying; Miniature queen; Plebeia remota; Queen size variation; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; QUEEN; SIZE EFFECT;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; PLEBEIA REMOTA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 33745858784     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006046     Document Type: Article

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