Aggregations of unrelated Apis florea colonies

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 531-536

  Wattanachaiyingcharoen, Wandee ^a   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^c  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Apis florea; Colony relatedness; Dwarf honey bee; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COLONY; HONEYBEE; RELATEDNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 55049123182     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008045     Document Type: Article

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