Competition for nectar between Argentine ants (<i>Iridomyrmex humilis</i>) and honeybees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) on black ironbark (<i>Eucalyptus sideroxylon</i>)

Abstract

Black ironbark trees secrete nectar during the night. Argentine ants collected 42% of the nectar before honeybees started foraging in the morning.

S. Afr. J. Zool. 1987,22(2)