The honeybee disease american foulbrood an African perspective

African Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 551-557

  Human, H ^a   Pirk, C W W ^a   Crewe, R M ^a   Dietemann, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFB; Apis mellifera scutellata; brood disease; Paenibacillus larvae; South Africa

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 81255136455     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/003.019.0301     Document Type: Review

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