Acute toxicity of Essential oils and other natural compounds to the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, and to larval and adult worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-269

  Gashout, Hanan A ^a   Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Essential oils; Mite control; Toxicity; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ORIGANUM; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 71949087496     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.48.4.06     Document Type: Article

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