COMPARATIVE BIONOMICS OF TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL BUMBLE BEES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BOMBUS EPHIPPIATUS (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE)

Abstract In laboratory colonies, 8 temperate Bombus Latreille species and the tropical montane species, B. ephippiatus Say, had significantly more first-brood workers, more rapid worker development time, and faster rates of worker production than the tropical lowland species, B. atratus Franklin. Bo...

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Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Authors: Laverty, Terence M., Plowright, R.C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1985
Subjects:
Insect Science
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Structural Biology
Arctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent117467-4
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00025220
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Summary:Abstract In laboratory colonies, 8 temperate Bombus Latreille species and the tropical montane species, B. ephippiatus Say, had significantly more first-brood workers, more rapid worker development time, and faster rates of worker production than the tropical lowland species, B. atratus Franklin. Bombus ephippiatus did not differ from most temperate species in any of the 3 characters. Differences in these bionomic characters among arctic, temperate, and tropical Bombus are assessed in terms of latitudinal trends.

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