A USDA-ARS Project to Evaluate Resistance to
Varroa jacobsoni by Honey Bees of Far-Eastern
Russia (1994 -1996)                              (Page 2)

An Importation of Potentially Varroa
Resistant HoneyBees from Far-Eastern
Russia (1996 - 1997)                           (Page 3)

Evaluations of the Varroa-resistance of
Honey BeesImported from Far-Eastern
Russia (1997 - 1998)                        (Page 4)

Resistance to the Parasitic Mite Varroa
destructor in Honey Bees from Far-
Eastern Russia (1998 - 1999)          (Page 5)

Multi-State Field Trials of ARS Russian
Honey Bees
           1. Responses to Varroa destructor 
                (1999 - 2000)                     (Page 6)

Multi-State Field Trials of ARS Russian
Honey Bees
            2.  Honey Production
                  (1999 - 2000)                  (Page 7)   

Multi-State Field Trials of ARS Russian
Honey Bees
           3.  Responses to Acarapis woodi
                (1999 - 2000)                   (Page 8)

The Release of ARS Russian Honey Bees 
            (2000)                                   (Page 9)

Hygienic Behavior by Honey Bees from
Far-Eastern Russia (2002)           (Page 10)

Well Groomed Bees Resist Tracheal Mites (1998)
                                                               (Page 11)

A Survey of Tracheal Mite Resistance Levels in
U.S. Commercial Queen Breeder Colonies (2000)
                                                               (Page 12)  

1995 - 2000

Suppression of Mite Reproduction (SMR Trait) (Page 13)

Varroa jacobsoni Reproduction (Page 14)

Population Measurements (Page 15)

The SMR trait explained by hygienic behavior of adult bees 
                                                                             (Page 16)