Mortality of mite offspring: A major component of Varroa destructor resistance in a population of Africanized bees

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Mondragón, Luis ^a   Martin, Stephen ^b   Vandame, Rémy ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Mite reproduction; Resistance; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MITE; REPRODUCTION; WORKER CASTE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 33645854609     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005053     Document Type: Article

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