Drone congregations in Meliponini: what do they tell us?

At some point during their life, meliponine males leave their nests and form congregations which can be made up of tens up to several hundreds of individuals. There, males, which individually may frequent the same agglomeration for subsequent days, are seen to dehydrate nectar. Analyses in four spec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marilda Cortopassi-Laurino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2007-12-01
Series:Bioscience Journal
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Online Access:https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/6838