Differential tending of worker and drone larvae of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, during the 60 hours prior to cell capping

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 543-552

  Calderone, Nicholas W ^a   Kuenen, L P S ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Cell capping; Nurse bee; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

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

EID: 0347063731     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003054     Document Type: Article

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