Live Varroa jacobsoni (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) fallen from honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1596-1601

  Webster, Thomas C ^a   Thacker, Etta M ^a   Vorisek, Fritz E ^a  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coumaphos; Fluvalinate; Honey bee; Mitefall; Sticky boards; Traps

Indexed keywords

COUMAFOS; FLUVALINATE; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BEES; COUMAPHOS; INSECTICIDES; MITES; NITRILES; PEST CONTROL; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0034564884     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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