Fighting varroa: The silver bullet or brass knuckles? Tactics: Biotechnical methods (I). Fifth in a series on integrated pest management of varroa

American Bee Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-333

  Oliver, Randy ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ACARI; VARROA;

EID: 34247238248     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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