Grooming behavior as a Varroa resistance characteristic in honey bee colonies

American Bee Journal

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 515-517

  Szabo, Tibor I ^a   Walker, C R Timothy ^a   Mueller, Arthur E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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