Clinal nature of the frequencies of ovarioles and spermathecae in Cape worker honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-134

  Phiancharoen, Mananya ^a   Pirk, Christian W W ^b   Radloff, Sarah E ^c   Hepburn, Randall ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Ovariolen; Spermatheken

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; HONEYBEE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SOCIAL PARASITISM; WORKER CASTE;

CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77950538434     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009054     Document Type: Article

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