Polliniferous plants and foraging strategies of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 1035-1044

  Villanueva G , Rogel ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africanized honeybee; Apis mellifera; European honeybee; Foraging behaviour; Polliniferous plants; Yucat n Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZATION; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZATION; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLLEN;

EID: 0042307262     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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