Absconding and migratory behaviors of feral Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies in NE Brazil = Comportamentos de abandono e migração de colônias silvestres da abelha melífera africanizada (Apis mellifera L.) no nordeste do Brasil

Absconding and migratory behaviors of feral Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies in NE Brazil = Comportamentos de abandono e migração de colônias silvestres da abelha melífera africanizada (Apis mellifera L.) no nordeste do Brasil

We investigated the annual movements of feral Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies in the state of Ceará, Brazil, aiming to understand seasonal variations in their population. Arrival and absconding of Africanized honey bee (AHB) colonies in the semiaridmunicipality of Canindé and the...

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Main Authors: Breno Magalhães Freitas, Raimundo Maciel Sousa, Isac Gabriel Abrahão Bomfim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2007-10-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum : Biological Sciences
Subjects:
absconding
migration
semiarid
survival strategy
abandono
migração
semi-árido
estratégias de sobrevivência
Online Access:http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/882/426

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