Field trial of honey bee colonies bred for mechanisms of resistance against Varroa destructor

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-76

  Ibrahim, Abdullah ^a   Reuter, Gary S ^a   Spivak, Marla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Breeding; Hygienic behavior; Suppression of mite reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; FIELD METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; MITE; PARASITE INTENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 33847017332     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006065     Document Type: Article

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