Management of Braula orientalisÖrösi (Diptera: Braulidae) in honeybee colonies with tobacco smoke under semiarid conditions: RESEARCH PAPER

Entomological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 168-174

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

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bee louse; Braula orientalis; Honeybee; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRAULA; BRAULIDAE; DIPTERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 66149092583     PISSN: 17382297     EISSN: 17485967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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