Damaged Varroa mites in the debris of honey bee (Apis mellifera L) colonies with and without hatching brood

Apidologie

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 427-437

  Rosenkranz, P ^a,b   Fries, I ^c   Boecking, O ^d   Sturmer M ^a,b  

^a Bayerische Landesanstalt B   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Abteilung Bienenkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Damaged mites; Resistance; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID;

HONEYBEE; MORTALITY; PARASIRE TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESTRUCTION; FEMALE; HATCHING; HONEYBEE; HOST RESISTANCE; MITE; NONHUMAN; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0031425993     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19970609     Document Type: Article

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