"Nozevit patties" treatment of honey bees (Apis mellifera) for the control of Nosema ceranae disease

American Bee Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1053-1056

  Gajger, Ivana Tlak ^a   Vugrek, Oliver ^b   Pinter, Ljiljana ^a   Petrinec, Zdravko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 73249149746     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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