Parasitism in the social bee Apis mellifera: Quantifying costs and benefits of behavioral resistance to Varroa destructor mites

Apidologie

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 433-445

  Vandame, Rémy ^a   Morand, Serge ^b   Colin, Marc E ^c   Belzunces, Luc P ^c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavioral resistance; Costs and benefits; Parasitology; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROOMING; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

MEXICO;

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

EID: 0036753384     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002025     Document Type: Article

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