Heritability of hygienic behaviour in grey honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica)

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 593-601

  Stanimirovic Z ^a   Stevanović, Jevrosima ^a   Mirilovic M ^a   Stojic V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; Heritability of hygienic behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 58249103071     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/AVB0806593S     Document Type: Article

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