Response of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) to honey bee (Apis mellifera) and beehive-produced volatiles

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 525-533

  Suazo, Alonso ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^a   Teal, Peter E A ^a   Tumlinson, James H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Flight tunnel; Hive volatiles; Olfactometer; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; OLFACTORY CUE;

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

EID: 0347694498     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003043     Document Type: Article

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