Queen execution and caste conflict in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 725-736

  Wenseleers, Tom ^a   Hart, Adam G ^b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b   Quezada Euán, Javier J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; CASTE SYSTEM; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 4544359662     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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