Food profitability affects intranidal recruitment behaviour in the stingless bee Nannotrigona testaceicornis

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-272

  Schmidt, Veronika M ^a   Hrncir, Michael ^b   Schorkopf, Dirk Louis P ^a   Mateus, Sidnei ^b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^b   Barth, Friedrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Communication; Foraging; Recruitment; Stingless bees; Thorax vibrations

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SUGAR; VIBRATION;

APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; NANNOTRIGONA; NANNOTRIGONA TESTACEICORNIS; SCAPTOTRIGONA;

EID: 42049109390     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008004     Document Type: Article

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