Beneficial nematodes: A potential threat to honey bees?

Bee World

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-129

  Zółtowska, Krystyna ^a   Lipiński, Zbigniew ^b   Łopieńska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MERMITHIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 0141478856     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2003.11099588     Document Type: Review

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