THE NATURAL NEST AND NEST DENSITY OF THE AFRICANIZED HONEY BEE (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) NEAR TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 123 (2) , 353-359
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent123353-2
Abstract
Natural nests of the Africanized honey bee near Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, were examined during March and April 1988, approximately 18 months after initial colonization. Most were in hollow trees, but open nests and nests in arboreal termite nests occurred. All nests were less than 6 months old and most less than 2 months. The modal cavity volume was 10–20 L. No brood diseases were seen. Colony density was estimated to be about six per square kilometre, higher than the density of man-kept hives.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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