The effects of temperature and dose of formic acid on treatment efficacy against Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae), a parasite of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 303-313

  Underwood, Robyn M ^a   Currie, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; CT product; Formic acid; Fumigation; Mite; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE;

FORMIC ACID; FUMIGANT; MITE; PARASITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFESTATION; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEES; FORMIC ACIDS; FUMIGATION; INSECTICIDES; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 1642528911     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025892906393     Document Type: Article

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