Fighting varroa: The silver bullet or brass knuckles? the arsenal: "natural" treatments, part II

American Bee Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 797-801

  Oliver, Randy ^a  

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Indexed keywords

VARROA;

EID: 34548657086     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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