Comparative resistance of Russian and Italian honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to small hive beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Frake, Amanda M ^a   De Guzman, Lilia I ^a   Rinderer, Thomas E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Entrance reducer; Resistance; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ITALY; REPRODUCTION; RUSSIA;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 60749093598     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0103     Document Type: Article

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