Botanical sources and sugar concentration of the nectar collected by two stingless bee species in a tropical African rain forest

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-121

  Kajobe, Robert ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Budongo forest reserve; Calliandra calothyrsus; Foraging behaviour; Nectar concentration; Nectar sources

Indexed keywords

BEE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY SEASON; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTAR; NECTARIVORY; NECTARY; RAINFOREST; SUGAR; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; BUDONGO FOREST RESERVE; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

APOIDEA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; HYPOTRIGONA GRIBODOI; MELIPONINAE; MELIPONULA;

EID: 33847039629     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006051     Document Type: Article

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