Performance of hygienic honey bee colonies in a commercial apiary

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-302

  Spivak, Marla ^a   Reuter, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Apis mellifera; Chalkbrood; Hygienic behavior; Varroa

Indexed keywords

APIARY; BEE COLONY; CHALKBROOD; FOULBROOD; HONEYBEE; HYGIENIC BEHAVIOUR; VARROA MITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; MATING; NONHUMAN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0031804958     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980308     Document Type: Article

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