Migrating Giant Honey Bees (Apis dorsata) Congregate Annually at Stopover Site in Thailand
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Migrating Giant Honey Bees (Apis dorsata) Congregate Annually at Stopover Site in Thailand
Giant honey bees (Apis dorsata) of southern Asia are vital honey producers and pollinators of cultivated crops and wild plants. They are known to migrate seasonally up to 200 km. It has been assumed their migrations occur stepwise, with stops for rest and foraging, but bivouacking bees have rarely been seen by scientists. Here I report discovery of a site in northern Thailand where bivouacs app...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044976