Behavioral defense strategies of the stingless bee, Austroplebeia australis, against the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-253

  Halcroft, M ^a   Spooner Hart, R ^a   Neumann, P ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Austroplebeia australis; Defense strategies; Resin; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; POLLINATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESIN; WORKER CASTE;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APOIDEA; AUSTROPLEBEIA AUSTRALIS; COLEOPTERA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 79952707410     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0142-x     Document Type: Article

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