Hygienic behavior of Cape and European Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) toward Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) eggs oviposited in sealed bee brood

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 860-864

  Ellis Jr , James D ^a   Delaplane, Keith S ^a,b   Richards, Cameron S ^a   Hepburn, Randall ^a   Berry, Jennifer A ^a,b   Elzen, Patti J ^a,c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Cape honey bees; European honey bees; Hygienic behavior; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYGIENE; OVIPOSITION;

AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 4344611341     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0860:HBOCAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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