Aliphatic Alcohols and Aldehydes of the Honey Bee Cocoon Induce Arrestment Behavior in Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Mesostigmata), an Ectoparasite of Apis mellifera

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-145

  Donzé, Gérard ^a,b   Schnyder Candrian, Silvia ^a   Bogdanov, Stefan ^a   Diehl, Peter Allan ^b   Guerin, Patrick M ^b   Kilchenman, Verena ^a   Monachon, Florian ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Dairy Research Station   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Aldehyde; Chemoreception; Chemostimulant; Cocoon; Honey bee; Hydrocarbon; Reproduction; Varroa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001871418     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)37:2<129::AID-ARCH2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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