A scientific note on the association of Cychramus luteus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 665-666

  Neumann, Peter ^a,b   Ritter, Wolfgang ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Chemisches V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Cychramus luteus; Honeybee; Nitidulidae; Pest diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 12444308336     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004051     Document Type: Article

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