Honey bee hygienic behavior and defense against Varroa jacobsoni

Apidologie

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 245-260

  Spivak, Marla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; breeding; grooming; hygienic behavior; mite resistance; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; MITE; NONHUMAN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0030448662     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19960407     Document Type: Article

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