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Varroa mites

Bulletin: Tools for Varroa Management (PDF), Honey Bee Health Coalition

Video Series: Honey Bee Health Coalition

Monitoring:

Powder Sugar Roll For Varroa Mites on Honey Bees, University of Minnesota

Randy Oliver’s plastic cup method for monitoring

Reproductive Biology, eXtension and Michigan State University

Video University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab

Varroa mite webinar with Jim Tew

Mite Check webinar with Becky Masterman, 3/15/2017

 

 

 

 

 

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

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