Resistance to Acarapis woodi by honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Divergent selection and evaluation of selection progress

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 332-338

  Nasr, Medhat E ^a   Otis, Gard W ^a   Scott Dupree, Cynthia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Bee breeding; Honey bee; Mite resistance; Tracheal mite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; INFESTATION; MITE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES;

EID: 0035318502     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.332     Document Type: Article

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