A case report of a honey bee colony poisoning incident in France

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-115

  Chauzat, Marie Pierre ^a   Martel, Anne Claire ^a   Blanchard, Philippe ^a   Clément, Marie Claude ^a   Schurr, Frank ^a   Lair, Cosette ^a   Ribière, Magali ^b   Wallner, Klaus ^b   Rosenkranz, Peter ^b   Faucon, Jean Paul ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Honey bees; Neonicotinoids; Pesticides; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 77955960153     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.1.22     Document Type: Note

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