Maintaining Aethina tumido (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) under quarantine laboratory conditions in the UK and preliminary observations on its behaviour

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-193

  Cuthbertson, Andrew G S ^a   Mathers, James J ^a   Blackburn, Lisa F ^a   Wakefield, Maureen E ^a   Collins, Larissa E ^a   Luo, Weiqi ^a   Brown, Mike A ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Longevity; Quarantine laboratory rearing

Indexed keywords

AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 51549113252     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3827/IBRA.1.47.3.06     Document Type: Note

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