Evaluating Regional-scale Genetic Structure of Eastern Honey Bee Populations

摘要

Although honey bees(genus Apis L.)can be found all over the world,much of their distribution is influenced by human beings because of their importance in agriculture and honey production.Apis cerana Fabricius,the principle mainland species of Apis s.str.in Asia,remains an amalgamation of populations with considerable variation and regionally specialized morphotypes.A recent,large-scale multivariate analysis