Spatial and temporal distribution and nest site characteristics of feral honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in a coastal prairie landscape

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 610-618

  Baum, Kristen A ^a,b   Rubink, William L ^a,c   Pinto, M Alice ^a,d   Coulson, Robert N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Campus de Santa Apolónia ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cavity; Feral colonies; Honey bee; Nest site; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; HABITAT USE; HONEYBEE; NEST SITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 20344389044     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.3.610     Document Type: Article

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