Mortality rates of honey bees in the wild

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-255

  Dukas, R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraging; Honey bees; Life history; Mortality rate; Predation

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION; SENESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 51349090134     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-0995-4     Document Type: Article

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