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Genetic determination of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) foraging preferences
Author(s) -
FREE J. B.,
WILLIAMS INGRID H.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1973.tb01318.x
Subject(s) - biology , foraging , honey bees , zoology , apidae , aculeata , hymenoptera , botany , ecology
SUMMARY Progeny from different honeybee queens that were reared in, and foraged from, the same colony sometimes differed in their floral preferences, confirming that these are to some extent innately determined.