Trials of apiguard, a thymol-based miticide part 2. Non-target effects on honey bees

American Bee Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-70

  Mattila, Heather R ^a   Otis, Gard W ^a   Daley, J ^a   Schulz, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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