Horizontal transmission of Paenibacillus larvae spores between honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies through robbing

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 515-522

  Lindström, Anders ^a   Korpela, Seppo ^b   Fries, Ingemar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Apis mellifera; Horizontal transmission; Paenibacillus larvae; Robbing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HONEYBEE; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; ROBBING; SPORE;

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

EID: 55049102097     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008032     Document Type: Article

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