A scientific note on Varroa destructor found in East Africa; Threat or opportunity?

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-465

  Fazier, Maryann ^a   Muli, Eliud ^b   Conklin, Tracy ^a   Schmehl, Daniel ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^b   Frazier, James ^a   Tumlinson, James ^a   Evans, Jay D ^c   Raina, Suresh ^b  

^a Center for Chemical Ecology   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera monticola; Apis mellifera scutellata; hygienic behavior; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; COLONY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROOMING; HONEYBEE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITE; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL; SWARMING;

KENYA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; MONTICOLA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 77951985695     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009073     Document Type: Article

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