caa a22 4500 469060387 CHVBK 20180323132855.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01218573 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01218573 Grooming behaviour of Apis cerana, Apis mellifera and Apis dorsata and its effect on the parasitic mites Varroa jacobsoni and Tropilaelaps clareae [Elektronische Daten] [Ralph Büchler, Wilhelm Drescher, Ingo Tornier] OneApis mellifera and oneApis cerana observation hive were used to test the response to individually introducedVarroa jacobsoni mites. Within 60s, 88.6% of the involved cerana worker bees (n=44) showed auto-grooming behaviour. Within 5 min, allo-grooming behaviour, involving up to four nestmates, was observed in 33.3% of the infested bees. Successful mite removal was observed in 75% of the not-prematurely discontinued observations (n=36); 32% of the mites removed were caught with the mandibles. For mellifera auto-grooming behaviour was observed in most cases but delayed in comparison to cerana, and allo-grooming behaviour was rarely observed. Within 5 min, 48% of the mites in notprematurely discontinued observations (n=25) were removed, but none of the mites was caught with the mandibles. ForApis dorsata auto-grooming behaviour in response to the infestation withTropilaelaps clareae andVarroa mites is reported for the first time.Varroa was removed at a higher rate thanTropilaelaps. The higher survival chance ofTropilaelaps seems to be due to differences in mite behaviour and the preference for certain parts of the bee-body. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1993 Büchler Ralph Abteilung für Bienenzucht, HLT, Erlenstr. 9, 3575, Kirchhain, Germany aut Drescher Wilhelm Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Zoologie und Bienenkunde der Universität, Bonn, Germany aut Tornier Ingo Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Zoologie und Bienenkunde der Universität, Bonn, Germany aut Experimental & Applied Acarology Kluwer Academic Publishers 16/4(1992-12-01), 313-319 0168-8162 16:4<313 1992 16 10493 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01218573 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01218573 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Büchler Ralph Abteilung für Bienenzucht, HLT, Erlenstr. 9, 3575, Kirchhain, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Drescher Wilhelm Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Zoologie und Bienenkunde der Universität, Bonn, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tornier Ingo Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Zoologie und Bienenkunde der Universität, Bonn, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental & Applied Acarology Kluwer Academic Publishers 16/4(1992-12-01), 313-319 0168-8162 16:4<313 1992 16 10493 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer