Bee-to-bee contact drives oxalic acid distribution in honey bee colonies

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 481-487

  Aliano, Nicholas P ^a   Ellis, Marion D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Distribution; Mode of action; Oxalic acid; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

COLONY; GAS EXCHANGE; HONEYBEE; MITE; MORTALITY; OXALIC ACID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 55049132570     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008030     Document Type: Article

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