Apis mellifera pomonella, a new honey bee subspecies from Central Asia

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-375

  Sheppard, Walter S ^a   Meixner, Marina D ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut fur Bienenkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera pomonella; Central Asia; New subspecies; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; HONEYBEE; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; TIEN SHAN MOUNTAINS;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA POMONELLA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042267902     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003037     Document Type: Article

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