Classification and quantification of damaged Varroa jacobsoni found in the debris of honey bee colonies as criteria for selection?

American Bee Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 820-824

  Corrêa Marques, Maria Helena ^a   Issa, Marcia Regina Cavicchio ^a   De Jong, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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