Polybia occidentalis
National Institutes of Health
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BackgroundWasp venoms constitute a molecular reservoir of new pharmacological substances such as peptides and proteins…
Scent marking food resources is expected to enhance foraging efficiency reducing search time. Many social bees exhibit this…
In order to characterize some aspects of foraging in Polybia occidentalis venezuelana in the region of Monteria (Cordoba…
An efficient exploitation of carbohydrate food sources would be beneficial for social wasp species that store nectar within their…
The kinds, rates of acquisition, inter-individual transfers, and intra-colonial movements of nutrients were ascertained for the…
Summary1.Defensive behavior in the social wasp Polybia occidentalis involves two steps: first, in response to jarring of the nest…