Fighting varroa: The silver bullet, or brass knuckles? Tactics: Biotechnical methods (II) - The one-two punch, sixth in a series

American Bee Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-406

  Oliver, Randy ^a  

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VARROA;

EID: 34248587340     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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