Partial seasonal isolation of african and european-derived Apis mellifera (hymenoptera: apidae) drones at congregation areas from subtropical Mexico

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 540-544

  Quezada Euan, Jose Javier G ^a   De Jesus May Itza, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bees; Allozyme; Apis mellifera; Drone; Haplotype; Mating

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042264182     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0540:PSIOAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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