Some Volatile Plant Oils as Potential Control Agents for Varroa Mites (Acari: Varroidae) in Honey Bee Colonies (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

American Bee Journal

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 681-685

  Sammataro, Diana ^a   Degrandi Hoffman, Gloria ^b   Needham, Glen ^b   Wardell, Gordon ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Essential oils; Honey bees; Varroa jacobsoni Oud; Varroa mites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032341785     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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