Infestation rates of Varroa destructor and Braula coeca in the savannah honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata)

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 475-477

  Strauss, Ursula ^a   Pirk, Christian W W ^a   Dietemann, Vincent ^a,b   Crewe, Robin M ^a   Human, Hannelie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera scutellata; Braula coeca; Honey bee; Infestation; Mite; Parasite; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908552353     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.4.10     Document Type: Note

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