Optimum timing of miticide applications for control of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Washington State, USA

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1324-1331

  Strange, James P ^a   Sheppard, Walter S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Fluvalinate; Honey bee; Treatment threshold; Varroa destructor; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY WEIGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY WEIGHT; INSECTICIDES; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; TICK CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0035755610     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1324     Document Type: Article

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