Varroa tolerance in France of Intermissa bees from Tunisia and their naturally mated descendants: 1993-2004

American Bee Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 563-568

  Kefuss, John ^a   Vanpoucke, Jacques ^b   De Lahitte, Jacques Ducos ^c   Ritter, Wolfgang ^d  

^a Le Rucher D'Oc 49 ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Tierhygienisches Institut Freiburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; Apis mellifera intermissa; Genetic transmission; Honey bees; Receptivity; Resistance; Sensibility; Susceptibility; Tolerance; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 3142736625     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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