Apis florea drone flights: Duration, temporal period and inter-flight period

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-37

  Burgett, D M ^a   Titayavan, M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Drones; Inter flight period; Mating flight; Temporal period

Indexed keywords

APIS FLOREA; FLOREA;

EID: 18144402406     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2005.11101145     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. FREE, J B, (1981) Biology and behaviour of the honeybee Apis florea, and possibilities for beekeeping. Bee World 62:46–59.
2. HOWELL, D C,; USINGER, R L, (1933) Observations of the flight and length of life of drone bees. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 26:239–246.
3. KOENIGER, N,; WIJAYAGUNASEKERA, H N P, (1976) Time of drone flight in three Asiatic honeybee species (Apis cerana, Apis florea, Apis dorsata). Journal of Apicultural Research 15:67–71.
4. KOENIGER, N,; KOENIGER, G, (2000) Reproductive isolation among species of the genus Apis. Apidologie 31:313–339.
5. OTIS, G W,; KOENIGER, N,; RINDERER, T E,; HADISOESILO, S,; YOSHIDA, T,; TINGEK, S,; WONGSIRI, S,; MARDAN, M, (2000) Comparative mating flight times of Asian honey bees. Proceedings of the 7th international conference on tropical bees:management and diversity and 5th Asian Apicultural Association conference 19–25 March 2000, Chiang Mai, Thailand; IBRA; Cardiff, UK; pp. 137–141.
6. RINDERER, T E,; OLDROYD, B P,; WONGSIRI, S,; SYLVESTER, H A,; GUZMAN, L I,; POTICHOT, S,; SHEPPARD, W S,; BUCHMANN, S L, (1993) Time of drone flight in four honey bee species in south-eastern Thailand. Journal of Apicultural Research 32:27–33.
7. WITHERELL, P C, (1971) Duration of flight and of inter-flight time of drone honey bees, Apis mellifera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64:609–612.