Composition of volatiles from fermenting pollen dough and attractiveness to the small hive beetle Aethina tumida, a parasite of the honeybee Apis mellifera

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-389

  Torto, Baldwyn ^a,e   Arbogast, Richard T ^b   Alborn, Hans ^b   Suazo, Alonso ^b   Van Engelsdorp, Dennis ^c   Boucias, Drion ^a   Tumlinson, James H ^d   Teal, Peter E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Electrophysiology; Pollen dough; Volatile

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; HONEYBEE; INOCULATION; PARASITE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; YEAST;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA; KODAMAEA OHMERI;

EID: 35848971219     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007024     Document Type: Article

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