Scent or movement of Varroa destructor mites does not elicit hygienic behaviour by Africanized and Carniolan honey bees

Apidologie

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 253-263

  Aumeier, P ^a   Rosenkranz, P ^a  

^a Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africanized honeybee; Apis mellifera carnica; Brood removal; Scent cues; Varroa destructor; Varroosis tolerance

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; LARVA; MITE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0034956217     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2001127     Document Type: Article

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