Control of varroa by combining trapping in honey bee worker brood with formic acid treatment of the capped brood outside the colony: Putting knowledge on brood cell invasion into practice

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-215

  Calis, J N M ^a   Boot, W J ^a   Beetsma, J ^a   van den Eijnde, J H P M ^b   de Ruijter, A ^b   van der Steen, J J M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Research Centre for Insect Pollination and Beekeeping Ambrosiushoeve   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brood cell invasion; Capped brood cells; Control; Formic acid; Honey bees; Mites; Model; Trap combs; Varroa jacobsoni; Worker brood

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0032279037     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1998.11100973     Document Type: Article

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