Effect of mating frequency and brood cell infestation rate on the reproductive success of the honeybee parasite Varroa jacobsoni

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-26

  Donzé, Gérard ^a   Herrmann, Miriam ^a   Bachofen, Boris ^a   Guerin, Patrick M ^b  

^a Swiss Federal Dairy Research Station   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS SPP.; VARROA JACOBSONI;

BROOD CELL; INFESTATION RATE; MATING FREQUENCY; PARASITE INFESTATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 0029666916     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb00261.x     Document Type: Article

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