Honey bees of the cardamom ecosystem and the selective toxicity of diafenthiuron to four different bee species in the laboratory

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Stanley, Johnson ^a,b   Preetha, Gnanadhas ^a   Chandrasekaran, Subramanian ^a   Kuttalam, Sasthakutty ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HILL AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Amigilla sp.; Apis cerana Indica; Apis dorsata; Cardamom; Diafenthiuron; Elettaria cardamomum; Honey bees; Toxicity; Trigona iridipennis

Indexed keywords

AMEGILLA; APIS CERANA INDICA; APIS DORSATA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; HEXAPODA; TRIGONA;

EID: 67249157188     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.48.2.02     Document Type: Article

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