Responses to Varroa destructor and Nosema ceranae by several commercial strains of Australian and North American honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-163

  Rinderer, Thomas E ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b   Frake, Amanda M ^a   de Guzman, Lilia I ^a   Bourgeois, Lelania ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian honeybees; Mite resistance; Nosema ceranae; Russian honeybees; Varroa destructor; Varroa sensitive hygiene

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84877110491     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aen.12003     Document Type: Article

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