Surveys as a tool to record winter losses of honey bee colonies: A two year case study in Austria and South Tyrol

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-30

  Brodschneider, Robert ^a   Moosbeckhofer, Rudolf ^b   Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Austria; Hibernation; Mixed media survey; South Tyrol; Winter loss

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 77953825522     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.1.04     Document Type: Article

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