Easy ways to determine honey bee mortality using dead-bee traps

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-28

  Pérez, Jose Luis ^a   Higes, Mariano ^a   Suárez, Miguel ^a   Llorente, Jesús ^a   Meana, Aránzazu ^b  

^a Servicio de Salud de Castilla la Mancha   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Equipment; Hive entrance dead bee traps; Honey bees; Mortality

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0039297927     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2001.11101045     Document Type: Article

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