Behavioral defenses of honey bees against Varroa jacobsoni Oud.

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 141-158

  Boecking, Otto ^a   Spivak, Marla ^b  

^a Inst Landwirtschaftliche Zool B   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BROOD PARASITISM; GROOMING; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYGIENE; MITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; HONEYBEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; MITE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0032976028     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990205     Document Type: Review

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