Use of insect repellents for dispersing defending honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 608-613

  Collins, Anita M ^a   Rubink, William L ^a   Cuadriello Aguilar, Jose I ^a,b   Hellmich II, Richard L ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Unidad Tapachula   (Mexico)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; colony defense; diethyl meta tolumide; menthol; repellents; stinging

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030482734     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.3.608     Document Type: Article

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