The role of cuticular compounds in the resistance of honey bees (Apis mellifera) to tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 593-603

  Van Engelsdorp, Dennis ^a,b   Otis, Gard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Cuticular chemicals; Honey bees; Hydrocarbons; Mite resistance; Tracheal mites

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITE RESISTANCE;

ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; TARSONEMIDAE;

CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MITE; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MITES; ODORS;

EID: 0035544954     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014775827234     Document Type: Article

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