Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

Males of some groups of bees have to find a place outside the nests to sleep, sometimes forming “male sleeping aggregations”. Here we report the first record of “dense” male sleeping aggregation of two different genera of Eucerini bees observed in Bahia, Brazil. We discuss the possible aim of this k...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thiago Mahlmann, Juliana Hipólito, Favízia de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014-09-01
Series:Biodiversity Data Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:http://bdj.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1556