Nosema ceranae in drone honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-236

  Traver, Brenna E ^a   Fell, Richard D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Drifting; Drones; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA, FUNGAL; NOSEMA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORES, FUNGAL;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 79961025153     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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