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Volume 156, Number 3 (July 17, 1999)

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Africanized bees make better shoppers

One of the reasons Africanized bees spread so fast may be that their foragers work harder than European bees and gather more pollen than nectar.

References:

Fewell, J.H., and J.F. Harrison. 1999. Worker-based mechanisms for colony growth differences in African and European honey bees. Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. June. Lewisburg, Pa.

Sources:

Jennifer H. Fewell
Arizona State University
Department of Biology
Tempe, AZ 85287-1501

Jon F. Harrison
Arizona State University
Department of Biology
Tempe, AZ 85287-1501

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 3, July 17, 1999, p. 47. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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