New record of the small hive beetle in Egypt and notes on its distribution and control

Bee World

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 99-108

  Mostafa, Ayman M ^a   Williams, Roger N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036414675     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2002.11099549     Document Type: Article

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