Standing and hovering guards of the stingless bee Tetragonisea angustula complement each other in entrance guarding and intruder recognition

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-214

  Kärcher, Martin H ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guarding; Kairomone; Nestmate recognition; Olfactory cue; Pheromone; Standing guard; Stingless bee; Task partitioning; Tetragonisca angustula

Indexed keywords

ANGUSTULA; APOIDEA; LESTRIMELITTA LIMAO; MELIPONA RUFIVENTRIS; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA BIPUNCTATA; TETRAGONISCA ANGUSTULA;

EID: 69549092115     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.48.3.10     Document Type: Article

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