Crowding honeybee colonies in apiaries can increase their vulnerability to the deadly ectoparasite Varroa destructor

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 716-727

  Seeley, Thomas D ^a   Smith, Michael L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

apiary; Apis mellifera; crowding; drifting; evolutionary trap; parasitism; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECTOPARASITE; HONEYBEE; HUNTING; MITE; PARASITISM; ROBBING; SWARMING; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VULNERABILITY;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84946566299     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0361-2     Document Type: Article

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