A survivor population of wild colonies of European honeybees in the northeastern United States: investigating its genetic structure

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 654-666

  Seeley, Thomas D ^a   Tarpy, David R ^b   Griffin, Sean R ^a,c   Carcione, Angela ^d   Delaney, Deborah A ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arnot Forest; avirulence; host parasite coevolution; survivor population; wild honeybees

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COLONY STRUCTURE; ECTOPARASITE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITE; PERSISTENCE; VIRULENCE; WILD POPULATION;

ARNOT FOREST; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84938375220     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0355-0     Document Type: Article

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