Wild bee status and evidence for pathogen 'spillover' with honey bees

American Bee Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1049-1052

  Morkeski, Anna ^a   Averill, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 78349285156     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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