Showing papers by "Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto published in 1978"
TL;DR: Measurement of wing length showed that house-bees and foragers/house-bees were smaller than most foragers, and the survival curves were convex for house-bee and forager/House-Bee and concave for foragers.
Abstract: SummaryWorkers 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.
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