Small hive beetles survive in honeybee prisons by behavioural mimicry

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 326-328

  Ellis, J ^a   Pirk, C ^a   Hepburn, H ^a   Kastberger, G ^b   Elzen, P ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENT; FEEDING; HONEYBEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERNET; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036311903     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0326-y     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Reproductive success and longevity of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida Murray) reared on different diets
2. Chemical camouflage of the death's head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) in honeybee colonies
3. Social encapsulation of beetle parasites by Cape honeybee colonies