Comparative resistance in Buckfast and Canadian stocks of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) to infestation by honey bee tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi (Rennie))

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-101

  Lin, Huarong ^a,b   Otis, Gard W ^a   Scott Dupree, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buckfast honey bees; Comparative resistance; Infestation; Tracheal mites

Indexed keywords

BUCKFAST STOCK; PEST RESISTANCE;

ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0029661365     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051155     Document Type: Article

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