Review of the orientation behaviour in the bee parasitic mite Varroa destructor: Sensory equipment and cell invasion behaviour

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 857-877

  Dillier, Franz Xaver ^a   Fluri, Peter ^b   Imdorf, Anton ^b  

^a ALP Agroscope Liebefeld ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Bee Research Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Host finding; Olfaction; Orientation; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 33846449141     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80381     Document Type: Article

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