Effect of brood type on varroa-sensitive hygiene by worker honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1137-1144

  Harris, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Brood; Drone; Hygiene; Varroa

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD REARING; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 56849104908     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746-101.6.1137     Document Type: Article

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