Varroa mites and honey bee health: Can Varroa explain part of the colony losses?

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-363

  Le Conte, Yves ^a   Ellis, Marion ^b   Ritter, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c CVUA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; colony collapse disorder; honey bee stressors; Varroa destructor; winter losses

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE;

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

EID: 77953867604     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010017     Document Type: Review

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