Selective breeding of honey bee colonies for resistance to Varroa jacobsoni and the effects of management techniques on Varroa infestation levels

American Bee Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 537-540

  Szabo, Tibor I ^a  

^a R R 1 ^*  (Canada)

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