Bumble bee colonies as potential alternative hosts for the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray)

American Bee Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-75

  Stanghellini, M S ^a   Ambrose, J T ^b   Hopkins, D I ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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