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The Social Organization of Honey Bees

Ashley N. Mortensen, Bryan Smith, and James D. Ellis


Release Date: 4/3/2019

Reviewed At: 2/7/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1102-2015

Agriculture

About this Publication

This document is ENY-166, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2015. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Ashley N. Mortensen, graduate student; Bryan Smith, graduate student; and James D. Ellis, associate professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Mortensen, A. N., Smith, B., & Ellis, J. D. (2015). Social Organization of Honey Bees. EDIS, 2015(9), 3. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1102-2015

Authors

Ashley Mortensen
Ashley Mortensen

former biological scientist and alumna (Ph.D., 2018), Department of Entomology and Nematology

James Ellis
James Ellis

former Gahan endowed professor, apiculture, Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

Contacts

Amy Vu
Amy Vu
Specialist
University of Florida

state specialized program Extension agent II, apiculture, Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab, Department of Entomology and Nematology

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