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Honey bees increase social distancing when facing the ectoparasite Varroa destructor

Social distancing in response to infectious diseases is a strategy exhibited by human and nonhuman animals to counteract the spread of pathogens and/or parasites. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies are ideal models to study this behavior because of the compartmentalized structure of these societies...

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Autores principales: Pusceddu, Michelina, Cini, Alessandro, Alberti, Simona, Salaris, Emanuele, Theodorou, Panagiotis, Floris, Ignazio, Satta, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8555907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34714677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj1398