Development of Varroa jacobsoni in colonies of Apis mellifera iberica in a Mediterranean climate

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 491-503

  Branco, Manuela R ^a,b   Kidd, Neil A C ^a   Pickard, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera iberica; Mediterranean climate; Population growth; Statistical modelling; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA IBERICA; APOIDEA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0009333504     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990604     Document Type: Article

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