Honey bee colonies that have survived Varroa destructor

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 566-572

  Conte, Yves Le ^a   Vaublanc, Gérard De ^a   Crauser, Didier ^a   Jeanne, François ^b   Rousselle, Jean Claude ^c   Bécard, Jean Marc ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b OPIDA ^*  (France)

^c GDS de la Sarthe et Rucher Ecole   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honey bee; Host parasite relationship; Natural selection; Tolerance; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

COLONY; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PEST CONTROL; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 39549088682     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007040     Document Type: Article

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