Functionality of varroa-resistant honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) when used in migratory beekeeping for crop pollination

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-321

  Danka, Robert G ^a   De Guzman, Lilia I ^a   Rinderer, Thomas E ^a   Allen Sylvester, H ^a   Wagener, Christine M ^a   Bourgeois, A Lelania ^a   Harris, Jeffrey W ^a   Villa, José D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; crop pollination; genetic resistance; migratory beekeeping; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DULCIS; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84859613299     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11286     Document Type: Article

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