A scientific note on the levels of polyandry in the black dwarf honeybee Apis andreniformis from Malaysia

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-234

  Takahashi, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Hashim, Sulaiman B ^c   Tingek, Salim ^d   Shimizu, Isamu ^a   Yoshida, Tadaharu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Agriculture ^*  (Malaysia)

^d Agricultural Research Station   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Apis andreniformis; Honeybee; Mating frequency; Polyandry; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; RELATEDNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

APIS ANDRENIFORMIS; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 42149138510     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008058     Document Type: Article

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