Subsociality in halictine bees

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-346

  Plateaux Quenu C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Eusocial; Halictinae; Routes to eusociality; Secondarily solitary; Solitary; Subsocial

Indexed keywords

BEE; BROOD REARING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; MATERNAL CARE; OVIPOSITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; HALICTINAE; HALICTUS RUBICUNDUS; HALICTUS SCABIOSAE; LASIOGLOSSUM FULVICORNE; LASIOGLOSSUM LATICEPS; LASIOGLOSSUM NIGRIPES; LASIOGLOSSUM PAUXILLUM; LASIOGLOSSUM VILLOSULUM;

EID: 57349167412     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-1028-z     Document Type: Review

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