Efficacy of Modified Hive Entrances and a Bottom Screen Device for Controlling Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Infestations in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1647-1652

  Ellis Jr , James D ^a   Delaplane, Keith S ^a,b   Hepburn, Randall ^a   Elzen, Patti J ^a,c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Kika Garza Subtropic Agric Res C   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Integrated pest management; Modified hive entrances; Screened bottom boards

Indexed keywords

AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0742323122     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.6.1647     Document Type: Article

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