Foraging activity of the solitary andean bee, anthophora walteri (hymenoptera: Apidae, anthophorini);Actividad de forrajeo de la abeja andina solitaria, anthophora walteri (hymenoptera: Apidae, anthophorini)

Revista Colombiana de Entomologia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Gonzalez, Víctor H ^a   Mantilla, Bernardo ^b   Palacios, Eliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anthophora walteri. foraging behavior. salvia. andes. colombia

Indexed keywords

ANTHOPHORA WALTERI; ANTHOPHORINI; APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; SALVIA;

EID: 77749282930     PISSN: 01200488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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