Within-day variation in continuous hive weight data as a measure of honey bee colony activity

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 694-707

  Meikle, William G ^a   Rector, Brian G ^a   Mercadier, Guy ^a   Holst, Niels ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Consumption rate; Foraging activity; Hive weight

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INGESTION RATE; MOVEMENT; WEIGHT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 58149133702     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008055     Document Type: Article

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