Suitability of formic acid to control Varroa destructor and safety to Apis mellifera in the southwestern U.S.

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-266

  Elzen, P J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0347028071     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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