... of a particular chemical with great precision is required in the context of foraging and/or finding mates. Male neotropical orchid bees (Euglossini) collect odoriferous substances from multiple sources, store them in specialized tibial pouches and later expose them at display sites, presumably as mating signals...

... tube:expanding or collapsing depending on the flow rate, the pressure gradient along the proboscis, and circumferential forces imposed by the proboscis walls. e-mail: [email protected] 16 10 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 Apidae Euglossini foraging...

... contribute to the observed trends. flight energetics thermoregulation muscle power efficiency bee Euglossa imperialis Euglossini Muscles convert chemical energy into mechanical work, and a byproduct of this process is the release of heat energy( Hill, 1938 ). Although heat represents...