Locally adapted, varroa resistant honey bees: Ideas from several key studies

American Bee Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 777-781

  Jacobson, Stu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b Illinois Queen Initiative ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA;

EID: 77955743249     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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