MULTIVARIATE-ANALYSIS OF HONEYBEES, APIS-MELLIFERA LINNAEUS (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE), OF THE HORN OF AFRICA

Authors
RADLOFF SE HEPBURN HR
Citation
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
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
African entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10213589
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
57 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
1021-3589(1997)5:1<57:MOHAL(>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
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.