Nosema sp. influences flight behavior of infected honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Kralj, Jasna ^a   Fuchs, Stefan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flight; Foragers; Honey bees; Nosema sp.; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA SP.; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 73449093835     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009046     Document Type: Article

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