Thermoregulation in colonies of africanized and hybrids with Caucasian, Italian and Carniolan Apis mellifera honey bees

This experiment was carried out to study the internal temperature regulation of a colony of Africanized honey bees (AFR), compared with hybrid Caucasian (CAU), Italian (ITA), and Carniolan (CAR) bees, during the period of one year and different size hives located in a sub-tropical region. The instan...

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Main Authors: Vagner de Alencar Arnaut de Toledo, Regina Helena Nogueira-Couto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 1999-01-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89131999000400007