Rapid determination of the numbers of Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, on sticky-board collection devices

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-17

  Calderone, Nicholas W ^a   Lin, Sisi ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Population estimation; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

BEE; MITE; PARASITE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TRAPPING;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0037286857     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002042     Document Type: Article

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