Dynamics of falling varroa mites in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies following oxalic acid treatments

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-391

  Gregorc, A ^a,b   Planinc, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Alternative control; Bee parasites; Biological control; Mite mortality; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; MITE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACARI; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 7644228436     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200473030385     Document Type: Article

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