Daily number of bee louse (Braula coeca) in honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica and A. m. syriaca) colonies maintained under semi-arid conditions

Insect Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 563-567

  Zaitoun, Shahera ^a   Al Ghzawi, Abd Al Majeed ^b  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; Apis mellifera syriaca; Braula; Honeybee; Jordan

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APIS MELLIFERA SYRIACA; APOIDEA; BRAULA; BRAULA COECA; BRAULIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 57449106491     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2008.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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