Parasitic Varroa destructor mites influence flight duration and homing ability of infested Apis mellifera foragers

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 577-587

  Kralj, Jasna ^a   Fuchs, Stefan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Flight behavior; Forager; Homing; Host parasite relationship; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITE; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PEST SPECIES; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 33751523645     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006040     Document Type: Article

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