Swarming in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and Varroa destructor population development in Sweden

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-397

  Fries, Ingemar ^a   Hansen, Henrik ^b   Imdorf, Anton ^c   Rosenkranz, Peter ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c Swiss Apicultural Institute FAM   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Nordic climate; Population dynamics; Survival; Swarming; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWARMING;

SWEDEN;

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

EID: 0042267903     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003032     Document Type: Article

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