Individual lifetime pollen and nectar foraging preferences in bumble bees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 821-832

  Hagbery, Jessica ^a   Nieh, James C ^a  

^a University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Division of labor; Individual foraging specialization; Nectar foraging; Pollen foraging

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; LABOR DIVISION; NECTAR; POLLEN; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANT NECTAR; POLLEN; TIME FACTORS;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HEXAPODA; IMPATIENS;

EID: 84866728516     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0964-7     Document Type: Article

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