Bionomics ofBombus (Fervidobombus) Morio2. Body Size and Length of Life of Workers
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Apicultural Research
- Vol. 17 (3) , 130-136
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1978.11099918
Abstract
Workers in the colony under observation were classified into three groups according to behaviour: foragers, house-bees, foragers, house-bees. Measurement (of wing length) showed that house-bees and foragers/house-bees were smaller than most foragers. The mean length of life was 72·6, 69·7 and 36·4 days for house-bees, foragers/house-bees and foragers respectively. The survival curves were convex for house-bees and foragers/house-bees and concave for foragers.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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