Varying congruence of hygienic responses to Varroa destructor and freeze-killed brood among different types of honeybees

Apidologie

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 447-457

  Danka, Robert G ^a   Harris, Jeffrey W ^a   Villa, José D ^a   Dodds, Garrett E ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; breeding; hygiene; mite resistance; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; MITE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

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

EID: 84878843846     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0195-8     Document Type: Article

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