Time-activity budgets and space structuring by the different life stages of Varroa jacobsoni in capped brood of the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-393

  Donzé, Gérard ^a,b   Guerin, Patrick M ^b  

^a Swiss Federal Dairy Research Station   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acari; Behavior; Development; Molting; Reproduction; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0030850181     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765605     Document Type: Article

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