Honey bee colony losses in Canada

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-106

  Currie, Robert W ^a   Pernal, Stephen F ^b   Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acaricide resistance; CCD; Colony loss; Coumaphos; Fluvalinate; Israeli acute paralysis virus; Nosema ceranae; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; APIS MELLIFERA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 77954916477     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.1.18     Document Type: Note

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