Effect of acaricide resistance on reproductive ability of the honey bee mite Varroa destructor

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-207

  Martin, Stephen J ^a   Elzen, Patti J ^b   Rubink, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanised bees; Apis mellifera; Mite reproduction; Pesticide resistance; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

MITE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MITES; REPRODUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0036967884     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021675614116     Document Type: Article

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