Functionality of varroa-resistant honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) when used for Western U.S. honey production and almond pollination

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 523-530

  Rinderer, Thomas E ^a   Danka, Robert G ^a   Johnson, Stephanie ^a   Bourgeois, A Lelania ^a   Frake, Amanda M ^a   Villa, José D ^a   Guzman, Lilia I De ^a   Harris, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Almond pollination; Apis mellifera; Genetic resistance; Honey production; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; GENETICS; HONEY; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; NOSEMA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRUNUS; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VARROIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; CALIFORNIA; HONEY; MITES; MONTANA; NOSEMA; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRUNUS; SEASONS; VARROIDAE;

EID: 84898493291     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC13419     Document Type: Article

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