Condition-dependent response to changes in pollen stores by honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies with different parasitic loads

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-179

  Janmaat, Alida F ^a,b   Winston, Mark L ^a   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Honey bee; Parasitism; Pollen foraging; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POLLEN; STORAGE;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0034047584     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050008     Document Type: Article

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