Queen honey bee introduction and early survival - Effects of queen age at introduction

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-388

  Rhodes, John W ^a   Somerville, Douglas C ^a   Harden, Steven ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Queen age; Queen introduction; Queen survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; HONEYBEE; QUEEN; SURVIVAL;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043092161     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004028     Document Type: Article

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