Infestation of commercial bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) field colonies by small hive beetles (Aethina tumida)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 623-628

  Spiewok, Sebastian ^a   Neumann, Peter ^b,c,d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis; Bombus; Bumblebee; Honeybee; Host finding; Host switch; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL CUE; FIELD SURVEY; HOST LOCATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ODOR; PARASITE INFESTATION;

AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; COLEOPTERA; IMPATIENS;

EID: 33845578731     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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