Odour transfer in stingless bee marmelada (Frieseomelitta varia) demonstrates that entrance guards use an "undesirable-absent" recognition system

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1099-1105

  Couvillon, Margaret J ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance strategy; Frieseomelitta varia; Group level recognition; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; EUSOCIALITY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; ODOR; ROBBING; SOLDIER CASTE; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FRIESEOMELITTA VARIA; HEXAPODA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 42449092492     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0537-5     Document Type: Article

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