Feeding menthol to honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Entry and persistence in haemolymph without causing mortality

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-281

  Kevan, S D ^a   Nasr, M E ^b   Kevan, P G ^b  

^a Enviroquest Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 0032931506     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent131279-2     Document Type: Note

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