Removal of Varroa jacobsoni infested brood in honey bee colonies with differing pollen stores

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-385

  Janmaat, Alida F ^a,b   Winston, Mark L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brood removal; Honey bee; Pollen; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; POLLEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; HONEYBEE; INFESTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SUMMER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

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

EID: 0034095702     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000129     Document Type: Article

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