Infestation and distribution of the mite Varroa jacobsoni in Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies

Interciencia

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 394-396

  Moretto, Geraldo ^a   De Mello Jr , Leonidas J ^b  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF BLUMENAU   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Africanized Bees; Honey Bees; Infestation; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042194858     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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