DISCRIMINANT-ANALYSIS OF THE HONEYBEE POPULATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AFRICA

Authors
RADLOFF SE HEPBURN HR ROBERTSON MP VANHILLE R DAVIDSON Z VILLET MH
Citation
Se. Radloff et al., DISCRIMINANT-ANALYSIS OF THE HONEYBEE POPULATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AFRICA, African entomology, 4(1), 1996, pp. 1-6
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
African entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10213589
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 6
Database
ISI
SICI code
1021-3589(1996)4:1<1:DOTHPO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The morphometric characters and sting pheromones of worker honeybees, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, were analysed by multivariate methods to char acterize their populations in southwestern Africa. There is a discrete homogeneous population in north rn Sou th Africa and southern Namibia recognized as the subspecies A. m. scutellata, a discrete population in northern Namibia recognized as A. m. adansonii and a hybrid populat ion between them.