Mating frequencies of Africanized honey bees in the south western USA

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-310

  Tarpy, David R ^a   Caren, Joel R ^a   Delaney, Deborah A ^a,c   Sammataro, Diana ^b   Finley, Jennifer ^b   Loper, Gerald M ^b   DeGrandi Hoffman, Gloria ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bees; Genotyping; Microsatellites; Paternity analysis; Polyandry; Social insects

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78149301762     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.4.02     Document Type: Article

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