Preserved honey bee health in Latin America: A fragile equilibrium due to low-intensity agriculture and beekeeping?

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-255

  Vandame, Rémy ^a   Palacio, María Alejandra ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

colony losses; disease resistance; genetic diversity; honey bee health; pollen nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; APICULTURE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEY; HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRITION; POLLEN; POPULATION DECLINE; SYMPTOM;

LATIN AMERICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77953840206     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010025     Document Type: Review

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