Evaluation of the shaking technique for the economic management of american foulbrood disease of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1095-1104

  Pernal, Stephen F ^a   Albright, Robert L ^a   Melathopoulos, Andony P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American foulbrood disease; Apis mellifera; Paenibacillus larvae; Shaking technique; Shook swarm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BEE; ECONOMICS; HONEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; ENTOMOLOGY; HONEY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 50849145167     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1095:EOTSTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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