Determining colony densities in wild honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) with linked microsatellite DNA markers

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-459

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b   Dietemann, Vincent ^b   Crewe, Robin ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera scutellata; Drones; Genotyping; Population size; Workers

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION SIZE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA;

EID: 50849122661     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9078-5     Document Type: Article

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