Subtropical Apis mellifera (hymenoptera: apidae) swarming dynamics and africanization rates in Northeastern Mexico and Southern Texas

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 243-251

  Rubink, W L ^a   Luevano Martinez P ^b   Sugden, E A ^a   Wilson, W T ^a   Collins, A M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Secretaria de Fomento Agropec   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africanized; Apis mellifera; European; Neotropical; Swarming

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344295872     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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