Uncapping of worker bee brood, a component of the hygienic behavior of Africanized honey bees against the mite Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-289

  Corrêa Marques, Maria Helena ^a   De Jong, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africanized bee; Galleria mellonella; Hygienic behavior; Resistance; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

BROOD CELL; HONEY BEE; HYGIENE BEHAVIOUR; VARROA MITE; WORKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; INFESTATION; MITE; NONHUMAN;

BRAZIL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 2642679258     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980307     Document Type: Article

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