Human factors facilitating the spread of a parasitic honey bee in South Africa

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-13

  Dietemann, Vincent ^a   Lubbe, Annelize ^b   Crewe, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Beekeeping industry; Honey bee; Parasite; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 33748668431     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2006)099[0007:HFFTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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