Improved flight and rearing room design for honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 793-805

  Pernal, S F ^a,b   Currie, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Flight room; Foraging; Insect rearing; Insect vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FLYING; FORECASTING; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FORECASTING; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035434416     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.4.793     Document Type: Article

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