Communal use of integumental wounds in honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae multiply infested by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 465-472

  Kanbar, Ghazwan ^a   Engels, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Evolution of parasite host relations; Integumental wounds; Multiple brood infestation; Pathogen invasion; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; INTEGUMENT; MITE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BITES AND STINGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITES; PUPA; TRYPAN BLUE;

ACARI; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 23944459278     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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