Fighting Varroa: The Silver Bullet, or Brass Knuckles? - Part IV - Reconnaissance

American Bee Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-220

  Oliver, Randy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APOIDEA; VARROA;

EID: 33947400218     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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