Infestation levels of Apis mellifera scutellata swarms by socially parasitic Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis)

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-470

  Härtel, Stephan ^a   Neumann, Peter ^a,b   Kryger, Per ^c,d   Von Der Heide, Carolin ^e   Moltzer, Gert Jan ^a   Crewe, Robin M ^c   Van Praagh, Job P ^e   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^e LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Apis mellifera scutellata; Honeybee; Social parasitism; Wild population

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DNA; HONEYBEE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SWARMING; WILD POPULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA;

EID: 33745925862     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006012     Document Type: Article

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