Pollen foraging by Apis mellifera and stingless bees Meliponula bocandei and Meliponula nebulata in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-274

  Kajobe, Robert ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bwindi; Diversity; Pollen; Spectrum; Stingless bees; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RECRUITMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELIPONINAE; MELIPONULA; MELIPONULA BOCANDEI;

EID: 34548033939     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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