Coordinated responses to honey bee decline in the USA

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-263

  Pettis, Jeffery S ^a   Delaplane, Keith S ^b  

^a USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; CCD; colony collapse disorder; education; honey bees; integrated pest management; Nosema; nutrition; pollinator decline; research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; APICULTURE; EDUCATION; HONEYBEE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA;

EID: 77953826211     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010013     Document Type: Review

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