First discovery of a rare polygyne colony in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Apidae, Meliponini)

Apidologie

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-213

  Alves, Denise Araujo ^a   Menezes, Cristiano ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera Lucia ^a   Wenseleers, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Polygyny; Relatedness; Reproductive skew; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POLYGYNY; RARE SPECIES; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 79952987735     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010053     Document Type: Article

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