The effects of co-mingled Russian and Italian honey bee stocks and sunny or shaded apiaries on varroa mite infestation level, worker bee population and honey production

American Bee Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 481-485

  Rinderer, Thomas E ^a   De Guzman, Lilia I ^a   Harper, Charlie ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Harper's Honey Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 2942593700     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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