Colony relatedness in aggregations of Apis dorsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae).

Apis dorsata colonies often form dense aggregations, with over 100 colonies sometimes seen in the same tree. Reasons for these aggregations are unknown, but one reasonable hypothesis is that colonies form a related family group. Here we show that 7 adjacent colonies sampled from a single branch of a...

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Main Authors: Oldroyd, B. P., Osborne, K. E., Mardan, Makhdzir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag 2000
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13627/
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