No worker reproduction in the Australian stingless bee Trigona carbonaria Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 412-417

  Gloag, R S ^a   Beekman, M ^a   Heard, T A ^b   Oldroyd, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male maternity; Meliponini; Worker oviposition; Worker reproductive parasitism

Indexed keywords

BEE; BREEDING POPULATION; GENOTYPE; OVIPOSITION; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; WORKER CASTE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

EID: 38649102502     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0961-6     Document Type: Article

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