Effect of food supplementation on the productive and reproductive characteristics of Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of Apis mellifera beehives submitted or unsubmitted to an energetic-protein supplementation. The experiment was realized from May to December 2003, in an apiary in Ituporanga (SC). The beehives were randomly distributed in the experimental...

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Main Authors: José Carlos Fiad Padilha, Ione Iolanda dos Santos, Marília Terezinha Sangoi Padilha, Tânia Patrícia Schafaschek, Fabio Eduardo Braga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2008-12-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume214/p99a104.pdf