Selecting honey bees for resistance to Varroa jacobsoni

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 183-196

  Harbo, John R ^a   Harris, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Mite; Resistant population; Selective breeding; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; MITE; PARASITE CONTROL; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

BREEDING; HONEYBEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MITE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0033008417     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990208     Document Type: Review

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