Behavioral responses underpinning resistance and susceptibility of honeybees to Tropilaelaps mercedesae

• Main Authors: Khongphinitbunjong K., De Guzman L.I., Burgett M.D., Rinderer T.E., Chantawannakul P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878279812&partnerID=40&md5=a1aac6b665e77804add6325f95a9e725; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/7071
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Behavioral responses of Apis cerana, Apis dorsata, and Apis mellifera to the ectoparasitic mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae, were compared using two laboratory bioassays: cohorts of 50 caged worker bees and individual-caged worker bees, all of unknown ages. For the group bioassays, ten T. mercedesae we...