Survey of feral honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies for Nosema apis in Western Australia

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 883-886

  Manning, Rob ^a   Lancaster, Kate ^a   Rutkay, April ^b   Eaton, Linda ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Data Analysis Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metropolitan and rural bee colonies; Swarms

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FERAL ORGANISM; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; PARASITE; SURVEY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS;

EID: 34347344914     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA04222     Document Type: Article

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