A survey on some factors potentially affecting losses of managed honey bee colonies in Luxembourg over the winters 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-56

  Clermont, Antoine ^a   Eickermann, Michael ^a   Kraus, François ^b   Georges, Carlo ^c   Hoffmann, Lucien ^a   Beyer, Marco ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture   (Luxembourg)

^c Division de l'Inspection vétérinaire   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use; Apis mellifera; Hive types; Varroa control; Varroa destructor; Winter bee losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899659600     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.1.04     Document Type: Article

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