Resistance of the honey bee, Apis mellifera to the acarian parasite Varroa destructor: Behavioural and electroantennographic data

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 362-370

  Martin, Caroline ^a,d   Provost, Erick ^b   Roux, Maurice ^c   Bruchou, Claude ^a   Crauser, Didier ^a   Clement, Jean Luc ^b   Le Conte, Yves ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Electroantennography; Grooming behaviour; Host parasite interaction; Removal behaviour; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; GROOMING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

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

EID: 0035670324     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6962.2001.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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