Varroa destructor is the main culprit for the death and reduced populations of overwintered honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in Ontario, Canada

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-450

  Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^a   Eccles, Leslie ^a   Calvete, Yireli ^b   McGowan, Janine ^a   Kelly, Paul G ^a   Correa Benítez, Adriana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

bee populations; CCD; Ontario; Varroa destructor; winter colony mortality

Indexed keywords

COLONY; HONEYBEE; INFECTIVITY; MITE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; PARASITE INFESTATION; POPULATION SIZE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 77952891138     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009076     Document Type: Article

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