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Evaluation of Two Commonly Used Field Tests to Assess Varroa destructor Infestation on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Colonies
- Marco Pietropaoli,
- Ivana Tlak Gajger,
- Cecilia Costa,
- Dariusz Gerula,
- Jerzy Wilde,
- Noureddine Adjlane,
- Patricia Aldea-Sánchez,
- Maja Ivana Smodiš Škerl,
- Jernej Bubnič and
- Giovanni Formato
Assessment of colony infestation by Varroa destructor is a crucial part of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) applied to beekeeping. Natural mite fall, quantified by counting the mites on sticky sheets, is considered a reference method to estimate...