The genetic variability of honey bees from the southern Balkan peninsula, based on alloenzymic data

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-335

  Ivanova, Evgeniya ^a   Bouga, Maria ^b   Staykova, Teodora ^a   Mladenovic, Mica ^c   Rasic, Sladjan ^c   Charistos, Leonidas ^d   Hatjina, Fani ^d   Petrov, Plamen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^e AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Alloenzymes; Balkan Peninsula; Genetic variability; Honey bee

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867795890     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.51.4.06     Document Type: Article

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