Genetic correlations among honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) behavioral characteristics and wing length

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 402-406

  Guzman Novoa, Ernesto ^a   Hunt, Greg J ^a   Page Jr, Robert E ^a   Fondrk, M Kim ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bee; Defensive behavior; Genetic correlations; Size

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GENETICS; WING MORPHOLOGY;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036299682     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0402:GCAHBH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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