Application of a modified selection index for honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1606-1612

  Van Engelsdorp, Dennis ^a   Otis, Gard W ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bee breeding; Beekeeping; Honey production; Mite resistance; z scores

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HONEY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; GENOTYPE; HONEY; MITES; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034565781     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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