Pheromone-mediated-host-selection

Guides

• Braula

  bee lice, bee louse

  Braula is a genus of wingless, highly modified flies in the family Braulidae. Adults are obligate commensals of honey bees (Apis mellifera), living on the bodies of workers, queens, and drones and stealing food during trophallaxis. Larvae tunnel through wax honeycomb. The genus is cosmopolitan and contains five described species, with Braula coeca being the most studied.

  winglesscommensalismhoney-bee-associatekleptoparasitismtrophallaxispheromone-mediated-host-selectioncosmopolitan