Old honey bee brood combs are more infested by the mite Varroa destructor than are new brood combs

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-364

  Piccirillo, Giancarlo A ^a,b   De Jong, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Comb cell size; Infestation; Natural comb; Old comb; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; HONEYBEE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 4043063691     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004022     Document Type: Article

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