Title
AN INCIDENT OF PRESENCE THE MELOE PROSCARABEUS L. LARVAE IN THE APIS MELLIFERA L. COLONY
Autor
Paweł Chorbiński, Barbara Tomaszewska
Keywords
Meloe proscarabeus, Triungulin larva, Apis mellifera
Abstract
In this paper was presented a scarce incident of presence the triungulin larvae of Meloe proscarabeus L. in the honeybee colony. The invasion of the beetles larvae from Meloidae were quoted only in aged beekeeping papers. As well as, a parasite of the honey bee was recognize only larvae of Meloe variegatus (Donow.), which were feed on the honeybee’s haemolymph. The present event related to larvae of Meloe proscarabeus in the honeybee colony. The larvae of this beetle species were dragged to the bees colony, in which were make the life cycle, but letter were died. In the honeybee colony the larvae of Meloe proscarabeus nourish on the stored food and the bee’s eggs. The damages caused to the larvae were inconspicuous.
Pages
3-8
Cite
Chorbiński, P., Tomaszewska, B. (2004). AN INCIDENT OF PRESENCE THE MELOE PROSCARABEUS L. LARVAE IN THE APIS MELLIFERA L. COLONY. Acta Sci. Pol. Med. Vet., 3(1), 3-8.
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