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Why do Varroa mites prefer nurse bees?
The Varroa mite, Varroa destructor, is an acarine ecto-parasite on Apis mellifera. It is the worst pest of Apis mellifera, yet its reproductive biology on the host is not well understood. In particular, the significance of the phoretic stage, when mites feed on adult bees for a few days, is not clea...
Autores principales: | Xie, Xianbing, Huang, Zachary Y., Zeng, Zhijiang |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27302644 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep28228 |
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