Handling sticky Resin by Stingless Bees: Adhesive Properties of Surface Structures

Many Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) like Tetragonisca angustula collect resin to defend their nests against intruders like ants or Robber Bees. Small portions of resin are attached to intruders bodies and extremities causing their immobilization. It has been observed that resin is removed...

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Publicado no:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Main Authors: MARKUS GASTAUER, LUCIO A.O. CAMPOS, DIETER WITTMANN
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2013
Assuntos:
Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas)
cuticle
ultrastructure
surface properties
Measuring adhesion forces
scanning electron microscopy
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