A qualitative model of mortality in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies infested with tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-234

  McMullan, John B ^a   Brown, Mark J F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Colony mortality; Thermoregulation; Tracheal mite

Indexed keywords

BEE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BEES; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; TRACHEA;

ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 59149089616     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9213-3     Document Type: Review

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