Performance of alternative acaricides in organic beekeping under portuguese northest conditions
Conference Paper
Overview
Overview
abstract
The use of chemical acaricides in organic beekeeping is
legally restricted to natural compounds such as essential
oils and organic acids. Generally. these alternative
methods present good efficiency to control Varroa
destructor levels in bee colonies and avoid residues
contaminations of honey.[l [ Their main disadvantage lies
in the chemical hazard of this compounds and in the
efficacy dependence on natural conditions.
