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Biological observations on primitively social bees (Allodapula) from Cameroon (Hymenoptera, Xylocopinæ)

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  1. Charles D. Michener
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Contribution number 1,405 from the Department of Entomology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.

It is a pleasure to thank Brother Ausin Dolan, O.S.F., of St. Peter's Teacher Training College, Bambui, Bamenda, West Cameroon, for the facilities and quarters which made this study possible and for many courtesies extensed to me and my family.

My work in Africa was possible thanks to a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and certain travel funds from National Science Foundation Grants GB 5248 and GB 3151. The latter grant also provided for aid in dissections and other needs in the preparation of this paper.

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Michener, C.D. Biological observations on primitively social bees (Allodapula) from Cameroon (Hymenoptera, Xylocopinæ). Ins. Soc 15, 423–434 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223640

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