Alternative food sources of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-209

  Buchholz, Sven ^a   Schäfer, Marc O ^b   Spiewok, Sebastian ^a   Pettis, Jeffery S ^c   Duncan, Michael ^d   Ritter, Wolfgang ^b   Spooner Hart, Robert ^d   Neumann, Peter ^e,f,g  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Fachgebiet Bienen ^*  (Germany)

^c USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^f YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Flower blossoms; Fruit; Honey bee; Nutrition; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

AETHINA CONCOLOR; AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; NITIDULIDAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 51549099476     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3827/IBRA.1.47.3.08     Document Type: Article

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