Varroa jacobsoni in Costa Rica: Detection, spread and treatment with formic acid

Bee World

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-10

  Van Veen, Johan ^a,d   Calderon Fallas, Rafael A ^b   Cubero Murillo, Ana ^c   Arce, H G Arce ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c Ministerio de Agricultura   (Costa Rica)

^d NONE   (Costa Rica)

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EID: 0032338533     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.1998.11099370     Document Type: Article

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