Beelouse, Braula coeca Nitzsch (Insecta: Diptera: Braulidae)
The beelouse, Braula coeca Nitzsch 1818, is a tiny commensalate wingless fly found in colonies of the honey bee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, where it lives on the bodies of the bees and literally steals its food out of the mouth of its host. The beelouse is in the family Braulidae, comprising two gene...
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The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
2004-02-01
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