Influence of resistant honey bee hosts on the life history of the parasite Acarapis woodi

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 313-322

  Danka, Robert G ^a   Villa, José D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; bioassay; honey bee; resistance; tracheal mite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029810625     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052961     Document Type: Article

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