The relationship between hygienic behavior and suppression of mite reproduction as honey bee (Apis mellifera) mechanisms of resistance to Varroa destructor

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-40

  Ibrahim, Abdullah ^a   Spivak, Marla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Hygienic behavior; Suppression of mite reproduction; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL BREEDING; HONEYBEE; INCUBATION; MITE; PUPA;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 33645856140     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005052     Document Type: Article

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