Seasonal population dynamics of small hive beetles, Aethina tumida Murray, in the south-eastern USA

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-191

  De Guzman, Lilia I ^a   Frake, Amanda M ^a   Rinderer, Thomas E ^a  

^a USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding Genetics and Physiology Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot days; Italian honey bees; Resistance to A. tumida; Russian honey bees

Indexed keywords

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77955950587     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.2.07     Document Type: Article

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