Honeybees of Africa /

A comprehensive review of the honeybees of Africa on a subspecies as well as by country basis. Includes an updated multivariate analysis of the subspecies based on the merger of the Ruttner database (Oberursel) and that of Hepburn & Radloff (Grahamstown) for nearly 20,000 bees. Special emphasis...

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Main Author: Hepburn, H. R.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Radloff, S. E. (Sarah E.), 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1998]
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Summary:A comprehensive review of the honeybees of Africa on a subspecies as well as by country basis. Includes an updated multivariate analysis of the subspecies based on the merger of the Ruttner database (Oberursel) and that of Hepburn & Radloff (Grahamstown) for nearly 20,000 bees. Special emphasis is placed on natural zones of hybridisation and introgression of different populations; seasonal cycles of development in different ecological-climatological zones of the continent; swarming, migration and absconding; and an analysis of the bee flora of the continent. The text is supplemented by tables containing quantitative data on all aspects of honeybee biology, and by continental and regional maps.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 370 pages :) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-351) and indexes.
ISBN:9783662036044 (electronic bk.)
3662036045 (electronic bk.)