The effect of essential oils of sweet fennel and pignut on mortality and learning in Africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 828-835

  Abramson, Charles I ^a   Wanderley, Paulo A ^b   Wanderley, Maria J A ^b   Silva, José C R ^b   Michaluk, Lynnette M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior; Free flying; Repellent

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; FENNEL; HYPTIS; LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BEES; FOENICULUM; HYPTIS; INSECT REPELLENTS; LEARNING; OILS, VOLATILE;

APHIDIDAE; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; FOENICULUM VULGARE; HYMENOPTERA; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS;

EID: 41449091169     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000600002     Document Type: Article

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