Temperature profiles of the brood nests of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera colonies and their relation to varroosis

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Kraus, Bernhard ^a   Velthuis, Hayo H W ^a   Tingek, S ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Agricultural Research Station   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Apis mellifera; Brood nest; Drone brood; Temperature; Varroa jacobsoni; Worker brood

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS CERANA INDICA; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0032286304     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1998.11100969     Document Type: Article

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