Apis mellifera ruttneri, a new honey bee subspecies from Malta

Apidologie

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 287-293

  Sheppard, W S ^a   Arias, M C ^b   Grech, A ^c   Meixner, M D ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Xehda Ghasel   (Malta)

^d Institut fur Bienenkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera ruffneri; Evolution; Malta; Subspecies; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HONEYBEE; NEW SUBSPECIES;

MALTA;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA RUTTNERI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031434993     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19970505     Document Type: Article

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