Recruitment behavior in stingless bees, Melipona scutellaris and M. quadrifasciata. I. Foraging at food sources differing in direction and distance

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 31, Number 1, January-Febuary 2000


Page(s)		81 - 91
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2000108

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