Se. Radloff et Hr. Hepburn, MULTIVARIATE-ANALYSIS OF HONEYBEES, APIS-MELLIFERA LINNAEUS (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE), OF THE HORN OF AFRICA, African entomology, 5(1), 1997, pp. 57-64
Morphometric characters and sting pheromones of worker honeybees, Apis
mellifera Linnaeus, were analysed by multivariate methods to delineat
e the honeybee populations of the Horn of Africa. Four discrete and st
atistically homogeneous populations were identified: A. m, jemenitica
Ruttner, A. in. bandasii Mogga, A. m. sudanensis Rashad in Ethiopia an
d an unclassified group in southwestern Somalia. Areas of high interco
lonial Variance are interpreted as zones of hybridization between the
populations.