Visualisation by vital staining with trypan blue of wounds punctured by Varroa destructor mites in pupae of the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-29

  Kanbar, Ghazwan ^a   Engels, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Integumental puncture; Pupal infestation; Trypan blue; Varroa destructor; Vital staining

Indexed keywords

DYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; MITE;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0942278765     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003057     Document Type: Article

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