Effect of colony management and plant extracts on varroa mites attacking honey bee colonies [electronic resource].

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Varroa jacobsoni mite has become a major problem to Egyptian beekeeping. Nowadays, the pest management in infested honey bee colonies and alternative tools by using some natural products extracted from medicinal and ornamental plants are considered more save to human being and bees. Thymol and mixture of Thymol and Santonica as Natural compounds and Apistan and Mavrik as Traditional acaricides were evaluated against V. Jacobsoni. The data clearly showed the superiority of Thymol and Santonica mixture for controlling Varroa mites at moderate or low infestation levels, and Apistan at sever infestation.

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