Honey bee, Apis mellifera L., confinement behavior toward beetle invaders

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-503

  Atkinson, E B ^a   Ellis, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Confinement behavior; Nitidulidae; Small hive beetle; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEYBEE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; CARPOPHILUS HUMERALIS; COLEOPTERA; EPURAEA; NITIDULIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 80052593791     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0169-7     Document Type: Article

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