Resistance to Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) when mite-resistant queen honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) were free-mated with unselected drones

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1319-1323

  Harbo, John R ^a   Harris, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Breeding; Resistance; Selection; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFESTATION; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035751503     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1319     Document Type: Article

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