Comparison of the hygienic behavior of ARS Russian and commercial honey bees in Thailand

American Bee Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 870-872

  Kavinseksan, Boonmee ^a   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^b   Rinderer, Thomas E ^c   De Guzman, Lilia I ^c  

^a BANSOMDEJCHAOPRAYA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA;

EID: 8844286214     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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