Introduction and Acceptance of European Queens in Africanized and European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Colonies

American Bee Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 667-668

  Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^a   Page Jr , Robert E ^b   Correa Benitez, Adriana ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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