Varroa defense behavior in A. mellifera carnica

American Bee Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-148

  Thakur, Raj K ^a   Bienefeld, Kaspar ^a   Keller, Roland ^a  

^a Landerinstitut fur Bienenkunde ^*  (Germany)

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