Drone competition at drone congregation areas in four Apis species

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-221

  Koeniger, Nikolaus ^a   Koeniger, Gudrun ^a   Gries, Michael ^a   Tingek, Salim ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Agricultural Research Station   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Apis reproduction; Drone competition; Drone congregation area; Drone numbers; Mating behavior

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APIS KOSCHEVNIKOVI; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 22044451596     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005011     Document Type: Article

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