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FORAGING POPULATION SIZES OF AFRICANIZED AND EUROPEAN HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA L.) COLONIES
Apidologie (1986)
  • Thomas E. Rinderer, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Robert G. Danka, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Richard L Hellmich, II, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Anita M. Collins, United States Department of Agriculture
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Abstract

Foraging population sizes in Africanized (A) and European (E) honey-bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies were determined by trapping returning foragers at the hive. E colonies fielded

significantly larger foraging populations than A colonies. E colonies showed much larger variability in sizes of foraging populations than A colonies, responding with more foragers as colony size was increased and especially when nectar was more abundant.

The percentage of colony members foraging was similar for both sizes (1 and 3 kg of adult bees) of E colonies ; 1 kg A colonies had a greater percentage of foragers than 3 kg A colonies.E colonies responded with a greater percentage of foragers than A colonies when nectar was more abundant.

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1986
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Citation Information
Thomas E. Rinderer, Robert G. Danka, Richard L Hellmich and Anita M. Collins. "FORAGING POPULATION SIZES OF AFRICANIZED AND EUROPEAN HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA L.) COLONIES" Apidologie Vol. 17 Iss. 3 (1986)
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