Height communication by Bornean honey bees (Apiformes: Apidae; Apini)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-261

  Roubik, David W ^a   Inoue, Tamiji ^b   Hamid, Abdul ^c   Harrison, Rhett ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FORAGE; HEIGHT; HONEYBEE;

MALAYSIA;

APIDAE; APIS KOSCHEVNIKOVI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033505199     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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