Olfactory Stimulation of Africanized Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Attacks by Insect Repellents

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-278

  Schmidt, Justin O ^a   Johnston, Andrea N ^a,b   Ginter, Daniel L ^a,c   Spangler, Hayward G ^a  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bees; Apis mellifera; Attacks; Citronella; Insect repellents; N,N diethyl m toluamide

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CITRONELLA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BEES; DEET; INSECT REPELLENTS; SMELL;

EID: 0142089863     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.3.275     Document Type: Article

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