A scientific note on quantitative diagnosis of small hive beetles, Aethina tumida, in the field

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 564-565

  Schäfer, Marc O ^a   Pettis, Jeff S ^b   Ritter, Wolfgang ^a   Neumann, Peter ^c,d,e  

^a Fachgebiet Bienen ^*  (Germany)

^b USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Diagnosis; Honeybee; Infestation level; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HONEYBEE; PEST SPECIES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 55049126798     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008038     Document Type: Article

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