A DNA method for screening hive debris for the presence of small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 272-280

  Ward, Lisa ^a   Brown, Mike ^a   Neumann, Peter ^b,c,d   Wilkins, Selwyn ^a   Pettis, Jeff ^e   Boonham, Neil ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Hive debris; Honey bee; Real time PCR; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; COLONY; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARASITE; SCAVENGER;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34547453135     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007004     Document Type: Article

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