The physical, insemination, and reproductive quality of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

Apidologie

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Delaney, Deborah A ^a   Keller, Jennifer J ^a   Caren, Joel R ^a   Tarpy, David R ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Efective mating frequency; Honey bee queens; Insemination; Parasitism; Reproductive potential

Indexed keywords

COLONY; FITNESS; HONEYBEE; PARASITISM; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SAMPLING;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA;

EID: 79955517921     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010027     Document Type: Review

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