Grooming behavior and damaged mites (Varroa jacobsoni) in Apis cerana cerana and Apis mellifera ligustica

Apidologie

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-11

  Fries, I ^a   Huazhen, Wei ^b   Wei, Shi ^b   Jin, Chen Shu ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Apis mellifera; Grooming behavior; Tolerance; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; PEST DAMAGE;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS CERANA CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0030462348     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19960101     Document Type: Article

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