Norwegian honey bees surviving Varroa destructor mite infestations by means of natural selection
Background Managed, feral and wild populations of European honey bee subspecies, Apis mellifera, are currently facing severe colony losses globally. There is consensus that the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor, that switched hosts from the Eastern honey bee Apis cerana to the Western honey bee A...
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-10-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/3956.pdf |