Pollen collected and foraging activities of frieseomelitta varia (lepeletier) (hymenoptera: Apidae) in an urban landscape

Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-276

  Aleixo, K P ^a   De Faria, L B ^a   Garofalo C A ^a   Fonseca, V L Imperatriz ^b   Da Silva, C I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO SEMI ÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food resource; Pollen analysis; Social bees; Urban flora

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887921817     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i3.266-276     Document Type: Article

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