Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-95

  Oldroyd, B P ^a   Osborne, K E ^a   Mardan, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Apis dorsata; Migration; Relatedness; Swarming

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEE; COLONY; RELATEDNESS;

MALAYSIA;

APIDAE; APIS DORSATA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034000362     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050015     Document Type: Article

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