Chemical profiles of body surfaces and nests from six Bornean stingless bee species

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-104

  Leonhardt, Sara Diana ^a   Blüthgen, Nico ^a   Schmitt, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticular profile; Meliponines; Resin; Stingless bees; Terpenes; Wax chemistry

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COLONY; CUTICLE; EUSOCIALITY; NEST; POLLINATOR; RECOGNITION; RESIN; SOCIAL INSECT; TERPENE; WAX;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 79251637496     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9900-5     Document Type: Article

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