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Mite Check with Becky Masterman

Mite Check: Using Beekeeper Citizen Science to Transmit Bee Health Information, Not Varroa destructor, Webinar recording 3/15/2017, 57 minutes

MiteCheck OSU Webinar PDF handout

UMN Bee Lab website

Pest Manual PDF, UMN

Varroa mite test kit, UMN

Powdered Sugar Roll instruction sheet, UMN

Honey Bee Health Coalition

Varroa management links, OSU Bee Lab

Denise Ellsworth
1680 Madison Ave.Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-3723ellsworth.2@osu.edu
Department of Entomology

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