Interspecific and conspecific colony mergers in the dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis and A. florea

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-255

  Wongvilas, S ^a   Deowanish, S ^a   Lim, J ^b   Xie, V R D ^b   Griffith, O W ^b   Oldroyd, B P ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colony amalgamations; Hamilton's rule; Inclusive fitness

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CONSPECIFIC; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; KIN RECOGNITION; ORCHARD; SYMPATRY; TRANSLOCATION;

THAILAND;

APIS ANDRENIFORMIS; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 77953872578     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0080-7     Document Type: Article

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