The influence of pulverised sugar dusting on the degree of infestation of honey bee colonies with Varroa destructor

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 309-325

  Stanimirovic Z ^a   Nevenká, Aleksic ^a   Stevanović, Jevrosima ^a   Cirkovic D ^b   Mirilovic M ^a   Djelic N ^a   Stojic V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Republic Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Mesh bottom board; Sugar dusting; Sugar shake method; Varroa infestation

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 79959948144     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/AVB1103309S     Document Type: Article

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