Queen Introduction, Acceptance, and Survival in Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies of a Tropical, Africanized Region

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1290-1294

  Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^a   Page Jr , Robert E ^b   Prieto Merlos, Daniel ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africanized; Apis mellifera; Queen acceptance; Survival

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0005262104     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.6.1290     Document Type: Article

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