Cuticular Hydrocarbons Discriminate Distinct Colonies of Melipona marginata (Hymenoptera, Apinae, Meliponini)

The aim of the present study was to characterize the variation of the chemical profiles among workers in different colonies of the stingless bee Melipona marginata. We used gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (CG-MS) and multivariate analysis of the bees’ chemical from three colonies of two loc...

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Main Authors: Maria Juliana Ferreira-Caliman, Fábio Santos do Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2015-08-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/881