Why do the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Apidae) forage at high relative air humidity?;Por que Melipona scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Apidae) forrageia sob alta umidade relativa do ar?

Iheringia - Serie Zoologia

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Silva, Marília ^a   Ramalho, Mauro ^a   Rosa, Jaqueline F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Ciencia e Tecnologia Baiano   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Physiological constraint; Pollen foraging; Stingless bees; Temporal resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA SCUTELLARIS; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 80052209393     PISSN: 00734721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0073-47212011000100019     Document Type: Article

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