The influence of paternity on virgin queen success in hybrid colonies of European and African honeybees

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 883-892

  Schneider, Stanley Scott ^a   Degrandi Hoffman, Gloria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PATERNITY; QUEEN;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0013099656     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2133     Document Type: Article

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