Influence of environmental and colony factors on the initial commodity choice of foragers of the stingless bee Plebeia tobagoensis (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-264

  Hofstede, F E ^a   Sommeijer, M J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Meliponini; Novice foragers; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POLLEN;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; PLEBEIA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 33746565347     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-006-0866-9     Document Type: Article

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