Effects of western honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony, cell type, and larval sex on host acquisition by female Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1022-1030

  Calderone, Nicholas W ^a   Kuenen, L P S ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honey bee; Host parasite; Parasitic mite; Varroa destructor; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; INFESTATION; LARVA; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035487616     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.5.1022     Document Type: Article

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