Heritability of the Varroa-specific hygienic behaviour in honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 417-424

  Boecking, O ^a   Bienefeld, K ^b   Drescher, W ^a  

^a Inst F Landwirtschaftliche Z   (Germany)

^b Lander Inst F Bienenkunde H   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0034563521     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0388.2000.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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