Weight loss in drone pupae (Apis mellifera) multiply infested by Varroa destructor mites

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-65

  Duay, Pedro ^a,b   De Jong, David ^b   Engels, Wolf ^a  

^a Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Male fitness; Multiple drone brood infestation; Preimaginal weight loss; Varroa destructor; Varroosis

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; INJURY; MITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; WEIGHT;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0037281554     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002052     Document Type: Article

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