Colony developmental patterns in different local populations of the Turkish bumble bee, Bombus terrestris dalmatinus

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 107-116

  Yeninar, Halil ^a   Duchateau, Marie José ^b   Kaftanoglu, Osman ^a   Velthuis, Hayo ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumble bees; Colony development; Sex ratio; Switch point; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034554001     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2000.11101030     Document Type: Article

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