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Apidologie
Volume 26, Number 3, 1995
Non-Apis bees
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| Page(s) | 213 - 230 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19950304 | |
Apidologie 26 (1995) 213-230
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19950304
Institut für Zoologie der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr, 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Key words: Apoidea / solitary bee / Apis mellifera / rest at night / sleep / behavioural physiology
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19950304
Rest at night in some solitary bees - a comparison with the sleep-like state of honey bees
W. KaiserInstitut für Zoologie der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr, 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract - The nightly resting behaviour of some solitary bees (Epeolus, Triepeolus, Protepeolus, Anthophora, and Melecta) was studied in the laboratory and compared with results obtained previously in honey bees. Similarities and differences in physiological and behavioural correlates of rest were found; only honey bees exhibit marked amounts of antennal motility.
Key words: Apoidea / solitary bee / Apis mellifera / rest at night / sleep / behavioural physiology