A comparison of the hygienic response of Africanized and European (Apis mellifera carnica) honey bees to Varroa-infested brood in tropical Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 787-791

  Aumeier, Pia ^a,b,c   Rosenkranz, Peter ^b   Gonçalves, Lionel Segui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; MITE; NONHUMAN; SUMMER; TROPICS; VARROA; WORKER;

ACARI; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; VARROA;

EID: 0034432249     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572000000400013     Document Type: Article

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