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| Carvalho,Carlos Alfredo Lopes de; Souza,Bruno de Almeida; Dias,Carleandro de Souza; Alves,Rogério Marcos de Oliveira; Melo,Alex Fábio de Lima; Soares,Ana Cristina Fermino; Carvalho-Zilse,Gislene Almeida. |
| Polygyny, characterized by the presence of several egg-laying queens, is considered as a temporary colony status. In stingless bees it is rarely observed. This paper reports the first case of natural polygyny in Melipona scutellaris colony, with five egg-laying queens. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Meliponini; "uruçu" stingless bee; Physogastric queens. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672011000100014 |
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