An effective trap and bait combination for monitoring the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 404-406

  Arbogast, Richard T ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^b   Van Engelsdorp, Dennis ^c   Teal, Peter E A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; ATTRACTANT; BAIT; BEETLE; BIOMONITORING; CAPTURE METHOD; POLLEN; TRAPPING;

AETHINA TUMIDA; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 34447118773     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[404:AETABC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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