Timing acaricide treatments to prevent Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) from causing economic damage to honey bee colonies

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-252

  Currie, R W ^a   Gatien, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; BEE; COLONY; MITE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; TARSONEMIDAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 33745174844     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N05-024     Document Type: Article

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