Multivariate analysis of honeybee populations, Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae), from western central Africa morphometries and pheromones

Radloff, Sarah E; Hepburn, H Randall

Title: Multivariate analysis of honeybee populations, Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae), from western central Africa morphometries and pheromones
Creator: Radloff, Sarah E
Creator: Hepburn, H Randall
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 1997
Date: 1997
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/451963
Identifier: vital:75091
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA10213589_298
Description: Morphometric characters and sting pheromones of worker honeybees, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, were analysed by multivariate methods to characterize their populations along a transect through three ecological-climatological zones in Cameroon. There are three distinct homogeneous populations and two zones of hybridization. These bees are designated as A. m. adansollii Latreille whose area of distribution is intruded by an A. m. montieola-like montane group of bees and a third group, A. m. jemertitica Ruttner. The delineation of the hybrid zones is supported by intercolonial variance spectra and these significant asymmetries are coincident with transitions between the ecological-climatological zones.
Format: 5 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Entomology
Relation: Radloff, SE and Hepburn, H., 1997. Multivariate analysis of honeybee populations, Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae), from western central Africa: morphometries and pheromones. African entomology, 5(2), pp.195-204
Relation: African Entomology volume 5 number 2 195 204 1997 2254-8854
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the African Entomology Statement (https://www.africanentomology.com/)

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