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Behavioral responses underpinning resistance and susceptibility of honeybees to Tropilaelaps mercedesae

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Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, de Guzman, Lilia I., Burgett, Michael D., Rinderer, Thomas E., and Chantawannakul, Panuwan

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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 were placed on the bodies of bees...

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Bongkotch Boopha for their assistance in collecting bees. We are also grateful to Dr. Prachaval Sukumalanand