Behavioural responses of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) to extracts of larvae, cocoons and brood food of worker and drone honey bees, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 341-350

  Calderone, Nicholas W ^a   Lin, Sisi ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Arrestant; Attractant; Chemical ecology; Honey bee; Host acquisition; Kairomone; Parasitic mite; Varroa destructor; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KAIROMONE; MITE;

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

EID: 0035673703     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6962.2001.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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