Field tests of the Varroa Treatment Device using formic acid to control Varroa destructor and Acarapis woodi

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-96

  Hood, Wm Michael ^a   McCreadie, John W ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Formic acid; Honey bee; Treatment device; Varroa; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037653780     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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