A comparative study of Varroa jacobsoni reproduction in worker cells of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in England and Africanized bees in Yucatan, Mexico

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 659-667

  Medina, Luis Medina ^a   Martin, Stephen John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africanized bees; Apis mellifera; Mite reproduction; Mite tolerance; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HONEYBEE; MITE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TOLERANCE;

MEXICO; YUCATAN;

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

EID: 0032871106     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006275525463     Document Type: Article

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