Hi all

When I started work at the Dyce Lab in 1999, Prof Calderone was already deep into the research of varroa mite attractants. 



examples of his work



Positive anemotaxis by Varroa mites: responses to bee odour plumes and single clean‐air puffs

LPS Kuenen, NW Calderone - Physiological entomology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library



Varroa mite infestations in elevated honey bee brood cells: effects of context and caste

LPS Kuenen, NW Calderone - Journal of insect behavior, 2000 - Springer



Behavioural responses of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) to extracts of larvae, cocoons and brood food of worker and drone honey bees, Apis mellifera ( …

NW Calderone, S Lin - Physiological Entomology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library



Effects of western honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony, cell type, and larval sex on host acquisition by female Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

NW Calderone, LPS Kuenen - Journal of economic entomology, 2001 - jee.oxfordjournals.org



Differential tending of worker and drone larvae of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, during the 60 hours prior to cell capping

NW Calderone, LPS Kuenen - Apidologie, 2003 - apidologie.org



Components of honeybee royal jelly as deterrents of the parasitic Varroa mite, Varroa destructor

…, J Kochansky, S Lin, NW Calderone - Journal of chemical ecology, 2005 - Springer





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