Survival of honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae after trypan blue staining of wounds caused by Varroa destructor mites or artificial perforation

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-111

  Herrmann, Matthias ^a   Kanbar, Ghazwan ^a   Engels, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Pupal wounds; Survival; Trypan blue; Varroa destructor; Vital staining

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; WOUNDING;

ACARI; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 17644384082     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004074     Document Type: Article

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