Influence of colony genotypic composition on the performance of hygienic behaviour in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Arathi, H S ^a   Spivak, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0034909819     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1731     Document Type: Article

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