Article
Automated assay and differential model of western honey bee (apis mellifera) autogrooming using digital image processing
2017-04-01
Abstract excerpt
In animals, self-grooming is an important component of their overall hygiene because it reduces the risk of disease and parasites. The European honey bee (Apis mellifera) exhibits hygienic behavior, which refers to the ability of the members of a colony to remove diseased or dead brood from the hive. Individual grooming behavior, however, is when a bee grooms itself to remove parasites. While both behaviors are cr...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 86ec24d9-80b4-5742-a0bc-cf28d5fca9c2
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.compag.2017.02.003
