Survival of mite infested (Varroa destructor) honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in a Nordic climate

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 564-570

  Fries, Ingemar ^a   Imdorf, Anton ^b   Rosenkranz, Peter ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FAM   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaption; Apis mellifera; Host parasite interaction; Survival; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONY; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITE; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL; SWARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 33751507053     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006031     Document Type: Article

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