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foundress queen life stage

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Definition

The early nest-founding period when solitary queens establish and provision nests before worker emergence

Related Terms (2)

foundress stagenest-founding

Publications (1)

Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking

2025Ecology and Evolutioncentral

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