A scientific note on the toxic pollen of Stryphnodendron polyphyllum (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) which causes sacbrood-like symptoms

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-90

  Pimentel De Carvalho, Andrea Cristina ^a   Message, Dejair ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africanized bee; Sacbrood disease; Sacbrood like disease; Stryphnodendron; Toxic pollen

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HONEYBEE; POLLEN; TOXICITY;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; MIMOSOIDEAE; STRYPHNODENDRON;

EID: 0942278762     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003059     Document Type: Article

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