Parasitic Cape bees in the northern regions of South Africa: source of the founder population

Multivariate discriminant analyses of nine standard morphometric characters of honeybee workers were used to track the origin of a social parasitic pseudo-clone of thelytokous laying workers that have invaded colonies of Apis mellifera scutellata in South Africa. Twenty social parasitic workers were...

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Main Authors: Neumann, P, Radloff, S E, Hepburn, H R
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2002
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011861