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Apidologie

Vol. 37 No. 2 (March-April 2006)

Special Issue: Stingless bees: biology and management

Editorial
• Stingless bees: biology and management     p. 121
  Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Klaus Hartfelder and Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• Stingless bee nesting biology     p. 124
  David W. Roubik
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• Physiological and genetic mechanisms underlying caste development, reproduction and division of labor in stingless bees     p. 144
  Klaus Hartfelder, Gustavo R. Makert, Carla C. Judice, Gonçalo A.G. Pereira, Weyder C. Santana, Rodrigo Dallacqua and Márcia M.G. Bitondi
  Published Online: 22 March 2006
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• Class III glands in the abdomen of Meliponini     p. 164
  Carminda da Cruz-Landim, Fábio Camargo Abdalla and Luciana Fioretti Gracioli-Vitti
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• Division of labor during brood production in stingless bees with special reference to individual participation     p. 175
  Olga Inés Cepeda
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• Miniature queens in stingless bees: basic facts and evolutionary hypotheses     p. 191
  Márcia de F. Ribeiro, Tom Wenseleers, Pérsio de S. Santos Filho and Denise de A. Alves
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• Numerical investment in sex and caste by stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini): a comparative analysis     p. 207
  Pérsio de Souza Santos-Filho, Denise de Araujo Alves, André Eterovic, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca and Astrid de Matos Peixoto Kleinert
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• The polygyny of Melipona bicolor: scramble competition among queens     p. 222
  Hayo H.W. Velthuis, Han De Vries and Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• The structure of eusocial bee assemblages in Brazil     p. 240
  Jacobus C. Biesmeijer and E. Judith Slaa
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• Molecular markers as a tool for population and evolutionary studies of stingless bees     p. 259
  Maria Cristina Arias, Rute Magalhães Brito, Flávio de Oliveira Francisco, Geraldo Moretto, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Daniela Silvestre and Walter Steven Sheppard
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• Global meliponiculture: challenges and opportunities     p. 275
  Marilda Cortopassi-Laurino, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca, David Ward Roubik, Anne Dollin, Tim Heard, Ingrid Aguilar, Giorgio C. Venturieri, Connal Eardley and Paulo Nogueira-Neto
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
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• Stingless bees in applied pollination: practice and perspectives     p. 293
  Ester Judith Slaa, Luis Alejandro Sánchez Chaves, Katia Sampaio Malagodi-Braga and Frouke Elisabeth Hofstede
  Published Online: 22 June 2006
  Abstract | PDF file (235 KB) | References

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