Changes in honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony swarming and survival pre- and postarrival of Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) in Louisiana

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 867-871

  Villa, José D ^a   Bustamante, Dulce M ^b   Dunkley, Jimmy P ^c   Escobar, Luis A ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Horticulture and Quarantine Division   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Recurrent event; Survival; Swarming; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; COLONY; HONEYBEE; INTROGRESSION; LONGEVITY; MITE; NATURAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; SWARMING;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 54149097150     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[867:CIHBHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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