Does infection by Nosema ceranae cause "colony Collapse Disorder" in honey bees (Apis mellifera)?

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-84

  Paxton, Robert J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Disease; Emergent; Invasive; Microsporidia; Nosema apis; Nosemosis

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 74249093906     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.1.11     Document Type: Article

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