Comparative performance of two mite-resistant stocks of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Alabama beekeeping operations

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 654-659

  Ward, Kenneth ^a   Danka, Hubert ^b   Ward, Rufina ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Russian bees; Varroa destructor; Varroa sensitive hygiene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; HONEY; INFESTATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HONEY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; SEASONS;

ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; TARSONEMIDAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 46849117535     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[654:CPOTMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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