A scientific note on the mating frequency of Apis dorsata

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-86

  Wattanachaiyingcharoen, Wandee ^a,b,c   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^c   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^a   Palmer, Kellie ^c   Paar, Jürgen ^c,d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apis dorsata; Honey bee; Mating frequency; Polyandry; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; MATING BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS DORSATA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0037284232     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002044     Document Type: Article

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