Swarming behavior of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in southeastern Louisiana

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Villa, José D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Cavity selection; Colony founding; Swarming

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; COLONY FOUNDING; HONEYBEE; PARASITISM; SITE SELECTION; SWARMING;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 2142819421     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0111:SBOHBH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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