Juvenile mortality of the female descendants in the ectoparasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni in worker brood of Apis mellifera

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-32

  Ifantidis, M D ^a   Karamanidou, A ^a   Katikou, P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera macedonica; Death; Deutochrysalis; Development; Females; Host age; Juvenile mortality; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA MACEDONICA; INSECTA; MACEDONICA; THESSALONIKI; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0033409936     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1999.11100992     Document Type: Article

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