Population dynamics of European honey bee genotypes under different environmental conditions

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-247

  Hatjina, Fani ^a   Costa, Cecilia ^b   Büchler, Ralph ^c   Uzunov, Aleksandar ^d   Drazic, Maja ^e   Filipi, Janja ^f   Charistos, Leonidas ^a   Ruottinen, Lauri ^g   Andonov, Sreten ^d   Meixner, Marina D ^c   Bienkowska, Malgorzata ^h   Dariusz, Gerula ^h   Panasiuk, Beata ^h   Le Conte, Yves ⁱ   Wilde, Jerzy ^j   Berg, Stefan ^k   Bouga, Maria ^l   Dyrba, Winfried ^m   Kiprijanovska, Hrisula ^d   Korpela, Seppo ^g   Kryger, Per ⁿ   Lodesani, Marco ^b   Pechhacker, Hermann ^o   Petrov, Plamen ^p   Kezic, Nikola ^q   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b CRA Unita' di Ricerca di Apicoltura e Bachicoltura   (Italy)

^c LLH   (Germany)

^d Faculty for Agricultural Science and Food   (Macedonia)

^e Croatian Agricultural Agency   (Croatia)

^f The University of Applied Sciences Marko Marulic in Knin   (Croatia)

^g FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h Research Institute of Horticulture   (Poland)

ⁱ Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^k Bee Division   (Germany)

^l AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^m Bee Breeding Centre Bantin   (Germany)

ⁿ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^o Austrian Carnica Association   (Austria)

^p AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

more..

Author keywords

Apis mellifera L.; Coloss; Development; Genotype Environment Interactions Experiment; Honey bee; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901812914     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.2.05     Document Type: Article

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