Identification of African-Derived Bees in the Americas: A Survey of Methods

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-176

  Sheppard, W S ^a   Smith, D R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanized Honey Bees; Allozymes; Honey Bee Subspecies; Morphometrics; MtDNA; Nuclear DNA

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; HONEYBEE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034500624     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0159:IOADBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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