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Effect of Temperature on Apis indica Workers
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Effect of Temperature on Apis indica Workers

  • J. B. FREE1 &
  • YVETTE SPENCER-BOOTH1 

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RECENT work on the effect of environmental temperature on the European honeybee, Apis mellifera 1–3, has been partially repeated with two colonies of Apis indica brought from Ceylon by Mr. L. A. S. Perera.

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FREE, J., SPENCER-BOOTH, Y. Effect of Temperature on Apis indica Workers. Nature 190, 933 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190933a0

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