Availability and depletion of fat reserves in halictid foundress queens with a focus on solitary nest founding

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-74

  Weissel, N ^a   Mitesser, O ^b   Poethke, H J ^b   Strohm, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost of nest founding; Hibernation; Lasioglossum malachurum; Lipid store

Indexed keywords

BEE; BROOD SIZE; EMERGENCE; EUSOCIALITY; FAT; FITNESS; HIBERNATION; LIPID; NEST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL INSECT;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIOGLOSSUM MALACHURUM;

EID: 84855726085     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0189-3     Document Type: Article

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