Correlation of queen size and spermathecal contents and effects of miticide exposure during development

Apidologie

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 351-356

  Collins, Anita M ^a,b   Pettis, Jeffery S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b not available   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution; extreme polyandry; queen weight; sperm concentration; spermatheca

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; BODY MASS; EMERGENCE; HONEYBEE; LARVA; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYANDRY; QUEEN; SPERM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

EID: 84877803997     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-012-0186-1     Document Type: Article

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