Diet selection and foraging distances of African and European-African hybrid honey bee colonies in Costa Rica

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-187

  Schneider, S S ^a   Hall, H G ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African honey bee; Foraging; Hybrid; Pollen collection; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030910181     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050039     Document Type: Article

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