Short-Term Fumigation of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies with Formic and Acetic Acids for the Control of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-264

  VanEngelsdorp, Dennis ^a,b   Underwood, Robyn M ^b   Cox Foster, Diana L ^b  

^a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Deformed wing virus; Formic acid; Fumigation; Varroa mites

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BEES; FORMIC ACIDS; FUMIGATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTICIDES; MITES; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 42449138743     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[256:SFOHBH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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