M. J. Sommeijer

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND POLLEN RESOURCES OF VARIOUS STINGLESS BEES (HYM., MELIPONINAE) AND HONEYBEES (HYM., APINAE) IN TRINIDAD, WEST-INDIES

M. J. Sommeijer, G. A. DE ROOY, W. Punt et al. · Apidologie · 1983 · 110 citations · Full text

Foraging, Evolutionary Biology, Entomology +2

Niche differentiation in nectar‐collecting stingless bees: the influence of morphology, floral choice and interference competition

Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Juliette A. P. Richter, Martin A. J. P. Smeets et al. · Ecological Entomology · 1999 · 81 citations

Biology, Insect Social Behavior, Melipona Fasciata Foragers +11

The role of internal and external information in foraging decisions of Melipona workers (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae)

Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, M.G.L. van Nieuwstadt, Saskia Lukács et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1998 · 79 citations

Biology, Behavioral Sciences, Foraging +10

Colony foraging in different species of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponinae) and the regulation of individual nectar foraging

L.L.M. de Bruijn, M. J. Sommeijer · Insectes Sociaux · 1997 · 78 citations

Biology, Foraging, Natural Sciences +7

Colony reproduction in Tetragonisca angustula (Apidae, Meliponini)

Johan W. van Veen, M. J. Sommeijer · Insectes Sociaux · 2000 · 68 citations

Biology, Arthropod Taxonomy, Entomology +1