American Foulbrood and African Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1641-1646

  Fries, Ingemar ^a   Raina, Suresh ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; American foulbrood; Apis mellifera subsp. scutellata

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. LARVAE;

EID: 0742305442     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.6.1641     Document Type: Article

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