| Issue |
Apidologie
Volume 41, Number 1, January-February 2010
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| Page(s) | 38 - 39 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2009045 | |
| Published online | 22 September 2009 | |
Scientific note
A scientific note on virgin queen acceptance in stingless bees: evidence for the importance of queen aggression*
Note scientifique sur l’acceptation d’une reine vierge chez les Abeilles sans aiguillon: mise en évidence de l’importance d’un comportement agressif chez la reine.
Eine wissenschaftliche Notiz über die Akzeptanz von Jungköniginnen bei stachellosen Bienen der Gattung Melipona: Hinweise auf die Bedeutung des aggressiven Verhaltens der Königinnen.
1
Institute for Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm,
Albert-Einstein-Allee 11,
89081
Ulm, Germany
2
Center for Tropical Bee Research (CINAT), National University of Costa
Rica, PO Box
475-3000, Heredia,
Costa Rica
Corresponding author: S. Jarau,
stefan.jarau@uni-ulm.de
Received:
10
February
2009
Revised:
16
April
2009
Accepted:
16
April
2009
This article has no abstract.
Key words: stingless bee / Melipona beecheii / queen acceptance / dominance behavior / physical aggression
© INRA/DIB-AGIB/EDP Sciences, 2010
