Autogrooming by resistant honey bees challenged with individual tracheal mites

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 591-596

  Danka, Robert G ^a   Villa, José D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Genetic resistance; Grooming behavior; Honey bees; Tracheal mites

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROOMING; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE RESISTANCE;

ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; TARSONEMIDAE;

EID: 0345802436     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003050     Document Type: Article

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