Trapping of feral honey bee workers (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a coastal prairie landscape: effects of season and vegetation type

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-234

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

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; FERAL ORGANISM; HONEYBEE; PRAIRIE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION TYPE;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 33745117942     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N05-078     Document Type: Article

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