An overview of the Bombus terrestris (L. 1758) subspecies (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-250

  Rasmont, Pierre ^a   Coppee, Audrey ^a   Michez, Denis ^a   De Meulemeester, Thibaut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Domestication; Interbreeding; Phenology; Pollination

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 50249174368     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2008.10697559     Document Type: Article

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