Impact of bad weather on the development of the broodnest and pollen stores in a honeybee colony (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Blaschon, Birgit ^a   Guttenberger, Helmut ^a   Hrassnigg, Norbert ^a,b   Crailsheim, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

'Save resources' strategy; Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann 1879; Brood cannibalism; Brood feeding behaviour; Nutrition; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002703673     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/24/1999/49     Document Type: Article

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