A scientific note on hive entrance smearing in Japanese Apis cerana induced by pre-mass attack scouting by the Asian giant hornet Vespa mandarinia

Ayumi Fujiwara , Masami Sasaki , Izumi Washitani

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Mots clés: Apis cerana; Vespa mandarinia; plant materials; propolis; defensive strategy

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Ayumi Fujiwara, Masami Sasaki, Izumi Washitani. A scientific note on hive entrance smearing in Japanese Apis cerana induced by pre-mass attack scouting by the Asian giant hornet Vespa mandarinia. Apidologie, 2016, 47 (6), pp.789-791. ⟨10.1007/s13592-016-0432-z⟩. ⟨hal-01532416⟩