Enlisting fungi to protect the honey bee

Biologist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-94

  Kanga, Lambert H B ^a   Jones, Walker A ^b   James, Rosalind A ^b,c  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FUNGI;

EID: 18844457922     PISSN: 00063347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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