Field Assays for Hygienic Behavior in Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-70

  Spivak, Marla ^a   Downey, Danielle Laura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chalkbrood; Honey bee hygienic behavior; Varroa

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0001944998     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.1.64     Document Type: Article

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