Colony evaluation is not affected by drifting of drone and worker honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) at a performance testing apiary

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-79

  Neumann, Peter ^a,b   Moritz, Robin F A ^b   Mautz, Dieter ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Bayerische Landesanstalt Bienenzucht   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Drifting; Honeybee; Performance; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

HONEY; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0033984508     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000107     Document Type: Article

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