Varroosis - The ongoing crisis in bee keeping

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-228

  Boecking, Otto ^a   Genersch, E ^b  

^a Institut fur Bienenkunde Celle   (Germany)

^b Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde Hohen Neuendorf eV ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bee viruses; Colony Collapse Disorder; Colony losses; Honey bee; Host parasite interrelation; Varroa destructor; Varroosis

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 46749088341     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-008-0331-y     Document Type: Review

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