Varroa destructor infestation impact on Apis mellifera carnica capped worker brood production, bee population and honey storage in a Mediterranean climate

Apidologie

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-281

  Murilhas, António Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honey production; Population dynamics; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

BEE; MITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; HONEY; HONEYBEE; INFESTATION; MITE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPRING; SUMMER; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0036271602     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002013     Document Type: Article

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