Acaricide residues in beeswax after conversion to organic beekeeping methods

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-333

  Lodesani, Marco ^a   Costa, Cecilia ^a   Serra, Giorgia ^a   Colombo, Roberto ^a   Sabatini, Anna Gloria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Apis mellifera; Organic beekeeping; Residues; Wax

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEY; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; REPLACEMENT; TOXICITY TEST; WAX;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 44449133243     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008012     Document Type: Article

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