Nest architecture and species status of the bumble bee Bombus (Mendacibombus) shaposhnikovi (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini)

Apidologie

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-306

  De Meulemeester, Thibaut ^a   Aytekin, A Murat ^b   Cameron, Sydney ^c   Rasmont, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus (Mendacibombus) shaposhnikovi; Bumblebee; Description; Nest

Indexed keywords

BEE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR MORPH; CONSPECIFIC; EGG; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMORPHISM; RODENT;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBINI; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS MENDAX; HYMENOPTERA; MENDACIBOMBUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80054687853     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0022-z     Document Type: Article

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