Influence of brood temperature and hygrometry variations on the development of the honey bee ectoparasite varroa jacobsoni (Mesostigmata: Varroidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1780-1785

  Le Conte, Y ^a   Arnold, G ^a   Desenfant, Ph ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Insecta; Temperature; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; MESOSTIGMATA; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 84910657574     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: 19382936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/19.6.1780     Document Type: Article

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