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Assessing hygienic behavior of #Apis mellifera unicolor# (Hymenoptera: Apidae), the endemic honey bee from Madagascar

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Rasolofoarivao H., Delatte H., Raveloson-Ravaomanarivo L.H., Reynaud B., Clémencet J.
2015

Hygienic behavior (HB) is one of the natural mechanisms of honey bee for limiting the spread of brood diseases and Varroa destructor parasitic mite. Objective of our study was to measure HB of Apis mellifera unicolor colonies (N = 403) from three geographic regions (one infested and two free of V. destructor ) in Madagascar. The pin-killing method was used for evaluation of the HB. Responses were ...

Ecologie animale; Sciences et hygiène vétérinaires : considérations générales

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