Absconding and colony mergers of orphaned Cape honey bees (Apis mellifera capensis)

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-166

  Neumann, Peter ^a,b   H Randall Hepburn, ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absconding; Apis mellifera capensis; Colony merger; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 79956082466     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.50.2.08     Document Type: Note

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