Honey bee drone flyways and congregation areas: radar observations

We used an X-band radar unit to document honey bee (Apis mellifera) drone flyways and drone congregation areas (DCA's) in a nearly flat desert area. Within an approximate 5.0 × 2.0 km area adjacent to a commercial apiary, 18 km of flyways and at least 26 DCA's were located. The studies con...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 1992-07, Vol.65 (3), p.223-230
Hauptverfasser:	Loper, G.M. (USDA, ARS, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, AZ), Wolf, W.W, Taylor, O.R. Jr
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ABEILLE OUVRIERE ABEJAS OBRERAS ACCOUPLEMENT Apiaries Apiculture Apidae APIS MELLIFERA ARIZONA COMPORTAMIENTO SEXUAL COMPORTEMENT SEXUEL COPULA COPULATION DRONE CONGREGATION AREAS Drone honey bees Drone insects DRONES FAUX BOURDON FLYING HONEYBEES HABITAT HABITATS Honey bees Hymenoptera Insect colonies Insect reproduction MATING BEHAVIOR Proceedings of the Symposium on the Mating Biology and Mating Strategies of Social Insects Queen honey bees RADAR Radar tracking SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR WORKER BEES ZANGANOS
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