Ant repellent resins of honeybees and stingless bees

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Duangphakdee, O ^a,b   Koeniger, N ^b   Deowanish, S ^c   Hepburn, H R ^d   Wongsiri, S ^e  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ants; Honeybees; Repellents; Resins; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOTRIGONA; MELIPONINAE; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; OECOPHYLLINI;

EID: 70350362170     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0027-z     Document Type: Article

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