Changes in the reproductive ability of the mite Varroa destructor (Anderson e Trueman) in Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in southern Brazil

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 949-952

  Carneiro, Francisco E ^a   Torres, Rogelio R ^a   Strapazzon, Roger ^a   Ramírez, Sabrina A ^a   Guerra Jr , José C V ^a   Koling, Diego F ^a   Moretto, Geraldo ^a  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF BLUMENAU   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Reproductive rate; Worker brood cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MITES; REPRODUCTION;

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

EID: 41449117656     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000600018     Document Type: Article

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