A review and bibliography of the literature of honey bee colony collapse disorder: A poorly understood epidemic that Clearly Threatens the successful pollination of billions of dollars of crops in America

Journal of Agricultural and Food Information

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-143

  Stankus, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative pollinators; Apis mellifera; Bombus impatiens; Colony Collapse Disorder; Crop pollination services; Honeybee pathology; Megachile rotundata; Nomia melanderi; Osmia cornifrons; Osmia cornuta; Osmia lignaria; Paralytic viruses; Peponapis pruinosa

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; NOMIA MELANDERI; OSMIA CORNIFRONS; OSMIA CORNUTA; OSMIA LIGNARIA; PEPONAPIS PRUINOSA;

EID: 67349153517     PISSN: 10496505     EISSN: 15404722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496500802173939     Document Type: Review

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