Use of essential oils for the control of Varroa jacobsoni Oud. in honey bee colonies
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Behavioral defenses of honey bees against Varroa jacobsoni Oud . Otto
Two behaviors of honey bees, hygienic behavior and grooming, are mechanisms of defense against brood diseases and parasitic mites. Studies have shown that Apis mellifera colonies remove worker brood infested with Varroa jacobsoni mites from the nest (hygienic behavior), and groom the mites off other adult bees, but to a limited extent compared to the original host of V. jacobsoni, A. cerana. Re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Apidologie
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0044-8435
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990210