A historical review of managed honey bee populations in Europe and the United States and the factors that may affect them

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  vanEngelsdorp, Dennis ^a   Meixner, Marina Doris ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LLH Bieneninstitut ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic; Biotic; Colony; Honey bee; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; CROP; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HONEY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HONEY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 73749085707     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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