Influence of body fluid from pin-killed honey bee pupae on hygienic behavior

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 367-374

  Gramacho, Kátia Peres ^a   Gonçalves, Lionel Segui ^a   Rosenkranz, Peter ^b   De Jong, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; Body fluid; Hygienic behavior; Pin killing method

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0000169457     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990502     Document Type: Article

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