Assessing the Development of Varroa Infestation

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Description: In bee breeding (apiculture), colonies that exhibit a high resistance to varroa infection should be selected for. This clip shows how the mite infestation in test colonies is standardised by a starter infection and then how the infection development is determined in different colonies. From the film: Selection of Honey Bees.
Duration: 2 mins 30 secs
Director: Büchler, Ralph (Kirchhain) Drescher, Wilhelm (Bonn) Tiesler, Friedrich-Karl (Elsfleth)
Credits: Büchler, Ralph (Kirchhain); Drescher, Wilhelm (Bonn); Tiesler, Friedrich-Karl (Elsfleth).
Year: 2001
Subjects: Animal husbandry, Disease control, Insects, Research laboratories, Entomology, Pests, Parasitology, Experiments
Persistent URL: http://edina.ac.uk/purl/isan/0014-0000-2299-0000-0-0000-0000-0
Written and compiled by the British Universities Film & Video Council © BUFVC 2005
Subject classification by University of Edinburgh Library © 2006