Integrated pest management for the parasitic mite Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman) in colonies of honey bees (Apis mellifera)

American Bee Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 791-795

  Rice, Nathan D ^a   Winston, Mark L ^b   Higo, Heather A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Hygienic queens; Integrated pest management; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 4944224462     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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