Investigations of hygienic behaviour and disease resistance in organic beekeeping of two honeybee ecogeographic varieties from Serbia

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 169-180

  Stanimirovic Z ^a   Pejovic D ^a   Stevanović, Jevrosima ^a   Vučinić, Marijana ^a   Mirilovic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Honeybee; Hygienic behaviour; Organic beekeeping; Serbia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YUGOSLAVIA;

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; VARROA;

EID: 0036411746     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/avb0203169s     Document Type: Article

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