Production of workers, queens and males in Plebeia remota colonies (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini), a stingless bee with reproductive diapause

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 672-683

  Alves, D A ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, V L ^a   Santos Filho, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Male production; Plebeia remota; Queen production; Stingless bees; Worker production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPAUSE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLEBEIA REMOTA; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; STINGLESS BEE; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

APIDAE; ARAUCARIA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; PLEBEIA REMOTA;

EID: 67649398930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol8-2kerr030     Document Type: Article

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