Comparison of development patterns of imported and native Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in the Mediterranean coastal region

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 393-398

  Gösterit, Ayhan ^a   Gürel, Fehmi ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; Colony development patterns

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POLLINATION; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 19444372440     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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