Honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of african origin exist in non-africanized areas of the Southern United States: evidence from mitochondrial DNA

Descendents of Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (the Africanized honey bee) arrived in the United States in 1990. Whether this was the Þrst introduction is uncertain. A survey of feral honey bees from non-Africanized areas of the southern United States revealed three coloni...

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Main Author: Pinto, M. Alice (author)
Other Authors: Sheppard, Walter S. (author), Johnston, J. Spencer (author), Rubink, William L. (author), Coulson, Robert N. (author), Schiff, Nathan M. (author), Kandemir, Irfan (author), Patton, John C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Africanized honeybee
Apis mellifera
Mitochondrial DNA
Cytochrome b
Mitotype
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/2891
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/2891

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/2891

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