Infection of drone larvae (Apis mellifera) with American foulbrood

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Behrens, Dieter ^a   Forsgren, Eva ^b   Fries, Ingemar ^b   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; In vitro rearing; Mortality; Paenibacillus larvae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; LARVA; MALE; MORTALITY; QUEEN;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 34547411303     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007009     Document Type: Article

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