Thermal characteristics of nests of the Taiwanese stingless bee Trigona ventralis hoozana (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-428

  Sung, I Hsin ^a,b   Yamane, Sôichi ^b   Hozumi, Satoshi ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nest architecture; Nest temperature; Stingless bee; Trigona ventralis hoozana

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA VENTRALIS;

EID: 68349102885     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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