The role of trail pheromones in host nest recognition of the social parasitic bumblebees Bombus bohemicus and Bombus rupestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-198

  Bunk, E ^a   Sramkova, A ^a   Ayasse, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. bohemicus; B. rupestris; Chemical analyses; Host recognition; Social parasitic bumblebees; Y tube olfactometer

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS BOHEMICUS; BOMBUS CRYPTARUM; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS RUPESTRIS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; PSITHYRUS;

EID: 77955419552     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-010-0044-4     Document Type: Article

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