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Apis florea drone flight: longevity and flight performance

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Buawangpang, Ninat, Sukumalanand, Prachaval, and Burgett, D. Michael

Abstract:

Mating flight records are presented for males (drones) of the Asian dwarf honeybee species Apis florea. These include observations on longevity, mortality and inclusive flight records for a cohort of known-aged males. Averages for flight performance show the flights/lifetime to be 15.3 (± 11.8 SD); the number of flight days,...

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performance* Ninat Buawangpang1, Prachaval Sukumalanand1, Michael Burgett2 1 Faculty of Agriculture