Chemical detection triggers honey bee defense against a destructive parasitic threat

Honey bee survival mechanisms against the parasite Varroa destructor: a systematic review of phenotypic and genomic research efforts

(2020) Mondet Fanny et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Varroa destructor: A Complex Parasite, Crippling Honey Bees Worldwide

(2020) Kirsten S. Traynor et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Cuticular pheromones stimulate hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

(2020) Kaira M. Wagoner et al.   Scientific Reports

Stock-specific chemical brood signals are induced by Varroa and Deformed Wing Virus, and elicit hygienic response in the honey bee

(2019) K. Wagoner et al.   Scientific Reports

Honey bees performing varroa sensitive hygiene remove the most mite-compromised bees from highly infested patches of brood

(2018) Seo Hyun KIM et al.   APIDOLOGIE

A death pheromone, oleic acid, triggers hygienic behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

(2018) Alison McAfee et al.   Scientific Reports

Protection against the lethal side effects of social immunity in ants

(2018) Christopher D. Pull et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Recent human history governs global ant invasion dynamics

(2017) Cleo Bertelsmeier et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Lock-picks: fungal infection facilitates the intrusion of strangers into ant colonies

(2017) Enikő Csata et al.   Scientific Reports

Odorant cues linked to social immunity induce lateralized antenna stimulation in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

(2017) Alison McAfee et al.   Scientific Reports

Ecology ofVarroa destructor, the Major Ectoparasite of the Western Honey Bee,Apis mellifera

(2016) Francesco Nazzi et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Dynamic changes in death cues modulate risks and rewards of corpse management in a social insect

(2016) Qian Sun et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Specific Cues Associated With Honey Bee Social Defence against Varroa destructor Infested Brood

(2016) Fanny Mondet et al.   Scientific Reports

Differential necrophoric behaviour of the ant Solenopsis invicta towards fungal-infected corpses of workers and pupae

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Antennae hold a key to Varroa-sensitive hygiene behaviour in honey bees

(2015) Fanny Mondet et al.   Scientific Reports

Mating disruption of the honeybee mite Varroa destructor under laboratory and field conditions

(2014) Bettina Ziegelmann et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host-parasite interactions in invasive insect societies

(2012) Line V. Ugelvig et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Evidence for antiseptic behaviour towards sick adult bees in honey bee colonies

(2012) David Baracchi et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Revisiting olfactory classical conditioning of the proboscis extension response in honey bees: A step toward standardized procedures

(2012) Yukihisa Matsumoto et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

Behavioral Immunity in Insects

(2012) Jacobus C. de Roode et al.   Insects

Evidence for damage-dependent hygienic behaviour towards Varroa destructor-parasitised brood in the western honey bee, Apis mellifera

(2011) C. Schoning et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Non-immunological defense in an evolutionary framework

(2011) Benjamin J. Parker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) With the Trait of Varroa Sensitive Hygiene Remove Brood With All Reproductive Stages of Varroa Mites (Mesostigmata: Varroidae)

(2010) Jeffrey W. Harris et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Socioeconomic legacy yields an invasion debt

(2010) F. Essl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Responses to Varroa by honey bees with different levels of Varroa Sensitive Hygiene

(2009) John R. Harbo et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Simplified methods of evaluating colonies for levels of Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH)

(2009) José D. Villa et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Odorants that Induce Hygienic Behavior in Honeybees: Identification of Volatile Compounds in Chalkbrood-Infected Honeybee Larvae

(2009) Jodi A. I. Swanson et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY