Breeding for resistance to Varroa destructor in North America

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 41, Number 3, May-June 2010 Honey bee health


Page(s)		409 - 424
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2010015
Published online		16 April 2010

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