A review of methods for discrimination of honey bee populations as applied to European beekeeping

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-84

  Bouga, Maria ^a   Alaux, Cedric ^b   Bienkowska, Malgorzata ^c   Büchler, Ralph ^d   Carreck, Norman L ^e,f   Cauia, Eliza ^g   Chlebo, Robert ^h   Dahle, Bjørn ⁱ   Dall'Olio, Raffaele ^j   De La Rúa, Pilar ^k   Gregorc, Ales ^l   Ivanova, Evgeniya ^m   Kence, Aykut ⁿ   Kence, Meral ⁿ   Kezic, Nikola ^o   Kiprijanovska, Hrisula ^p   Kozmus, Peter ^l   Kryger, Per ^q   Le Conte, Yves ^b   Lodesani, Marco ^j   Murilhas, António Manuel ^r   Siceanu, Adrian ^g   Soland, Gabriele ^d   Uzunov, Aleksandar ^p   Wilde, Jerzy ^s   more..

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POMOLOGY AND FLORICULTURE   (Poland)

^d LLH Bieneninstitut Kirchhain ^*  (Switzerland)

^e International Bee Research Association   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g Institute for Beekeeping Research and Development   (Romania)

^h SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

ⁱ Norwegian Beekeepers Association   (Norway)

^j ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^l AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

ⁿ MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^p SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^q AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

more..

Author keywords

Beekeeping; DNA; Honey bee; Isoenzymes; Morphometrics; Sub species

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 78651344894     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.50.1.06     Document Type: Review

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