Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, populations II: Dispersal of small hive beetles

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 683-693

  Spiewok, Sebastian ^a   Duncan, Michael ^b   Spooner Hart, Robert ^b   Pettis, Jeff S ^c   Neumann, Peter ^d,e,f  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^e RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Dispersal; Honeybees; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLONY; DISPERSAL; HONEYBEE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SCAVENGER;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 58149122847     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008054     Document Type: Article

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