Recruitment in a scent trail laying stingless bee (Scaptotrigona aff. depilis): Changes with reduction but not with increase of the energy gain

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-500

  Schmidt, Veronika M ^a   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^b   Barth, Friedrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apidae; Communication; Food profitability; Foraging; Meliponini; Recruitment; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT; REDUCTION; SCENT MARKING; SUGAR;

APOIDEA; SCAPTOTRIGONA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 33745920170     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006016     Document Type: Article

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