Comparison of the responses of two races of honeybees to infection with Nosema apis Zander

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 375-382

  Malone, Louise Anne ^a   Stefanovic, Dragana ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera ligustica; Apis mellifera mellifera; Dose response; Nosema disease; Spread of infection; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; STIZOSTEDION LUCIOPERCA;

EID: 0004566978     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990503     Document Type: Review

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