Onset of oviposition by honey bee queens, mated either naturally or by various instrumental insemination methods, fits a lognormal distribution

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Woyke, Jerzy ^a   Jasiński, Zygmunt ^a   Prabucki, Jarosław ^b   Wilde, Jerzy ^c   Chuda Mickiewicz, Boz˚ena ^b   Siuda, Maciej ^c   Madras Majewska, Beata ^a   Samborski, Jerzy ^c   Bratkowski, Janusz ^c   Jojczyk, Agata ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Instrumental insemination of queen bees; Mating flights; Natural mating; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 41149107341     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2008.11101416     Document Type: Article

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