Factors affecting duration of the postcapping period in brood of the honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica)

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Bienefeld, Kaspar ^a  

^a Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; Brood rearing; Development; Genotype; Honey bee brood; Honey bee colonies; Inheritance; Postcapping period; Resistance; Selection; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144396210     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1996.11100908     Document Type: Article

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