Mating flight duration of Apis mellifera queens: As short as possible, as long as necessary

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 606-611

  Koeniger, Nikolaus ^a   Koeniger, Gudrun ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral response; Flight duration; Mating success; Nuptial flights; Sperm numbers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HONEYBEE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; POLYANDRY; QUEEN;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 39549098651     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007060     Document Type: Article

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