Violent weather and bees: Populations of the barrier island endemic, Hesperapis oraria (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) survive a category 3 hurricane

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-75

  Cane, James H ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BEE; HURRICANE; WIND;

USA, FLORIDA;

HESPERAPIS ORARIA; HYMENOPTERA; MELITTIDAE;

EID: 0031390686     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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