Oviposition by small hive beetles elicits hygienic responses from Cape honeybees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 532-535

  Ellis, J D ^a   Richards, C S ^a   Hepburn, H R ^a   Elzen, P J ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYGIENE; OVIPOSITION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; HATCHING; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PUPATION;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; HYGIENE; OVUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0345375501     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0476-6     Document Type: Article

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