The role of queen mandibular pheromone and colony congestion in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) reproductive swarming (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Insect Behavior
- Vol. 4 (5), 649-660
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01048076
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