Apis florea drone flight: Longevity and flight performance

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-25

  Buawangpang, Ninat ^a   Sukumalanand, Prachaval ^a   Burgett, Michael ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Drone; Flight performance; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LONGEVITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 60749137220     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008059     Document Type: Article

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