Does the genotype of honeybee brood influence the attractiveness for Varroa jacobsoni and/or the reproduction of this parasite?

Hereditas

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-129

  Bienefeld, K ^a   Haberl, M ^b   Radtke, J ^a  

^a Institute of Bee Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0032449389     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1998.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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