Risks to UK beekeeping from the parasitic mite Tropilaelaps clareae and the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida

Bee World

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 151-164

  Brown, Michael A ^a   Thompson, Helen M ^a   Bew, Medwin H ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; TROPILAELAPS CLAREAE;

EID: 0036961716     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2002.11099558     Document Type: Review

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