Drone Congregation Areas
- 1 January 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Apicultural Research
- Vol. 2 (1), 64-66
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1963.11100059
Abstract
By elevating virgin queen honeybees to heights of 6–30 m. with helium-filled balloons, it was determined that drones could be attracted in some areas and not in others. The degree of attraction varied. The data suggest that definite drone congregation areas exist, and it would appear that queens search out these areas and are there pursued by drones. It has so far been almost impossible to define a drone congregation area physically.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Chemical Mating Attractants in the Queen Honey BeeScience, 1962
- Natural and Artificial Insemination of Queen HoneybeesBee World, 1962