Varroa jacobsoni infestation of adult Africanized and Italian honey bees (Apis mellifera) in mixed colonies in Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-323

  Moretto, Geraldo ^a   De Melio Jr , Leonidas João ^a  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF BLUMENAU   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HONEYBEE; INFESTATION; MEXICO; MITE; NONHUMAN;

ACARI; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0032856812     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47571999000300006     Document Type: Article

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