Grooming behavior by Apis mellifera L. in the presence of Acarapis woodi (Rennie) (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-253

  Pettis, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Pankiw, Tanya ^a,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Behavior; Grooming

Indexed keywords

ALLOGROOMING; GROOMING; HONEYBEE; MITE; SELF-GROOMING;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROOMING; HONEYBEE; INFESTATION; MITE; NONHUMAN; TRACHEA;

ACARAPIS; ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; TARSONEMIDAE;

EID: 0031805896     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980304     Document Type: Article

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