Relation between the Level of Preimaginal Infestation by the Broodmite Varroa destructor and Adult Life Expectancy in Drone Honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis mellifera)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-218

  Duay, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann 1879; Drone life longevity; Mating competence; Pupal infestation; Reduced drone life expectancy; Varroa destructor Anderson Trueman 2000; Varroatosis

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0037001790     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/26/2002/213     Document Type: Article

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