An ecological digest of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), a symbiont in honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-19

  Ellis, J D ^a   Hepburn, H R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Confinement behavior; Honey bees; Melittophiles; Small hive beetle; Social insect symbiont

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HONEYBEE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SYMBIONT;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33644542132     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0851-8     Document Type: Review

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