Engels, Wolf
[Author]
;
Engels, Elisabeth
[Other];
Guntram Lotz (Redaktion)
[Other];
Roland Dröscher (Kamera und Schnitt)
[Other];
Horst Wittmann (Kamera und Schnitt)
[Other]
Nest Biology of the Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona postica
Description:
Apidae. Division of the nest into breeding nest, involucrum and storage nest; collection and the bringing in of pollen and nectar; feeding, trophallaxis; getting rid of excrement and waste construction, provisioning, oviposition and closing of worker and queen cells; the laying and consuming of trophic eggs; temperature regulation; hatching of the young bees and subsequent dismantling of the empty cell; defense of the nest