Bees brought to their knees: Microbes affecting honey bee health

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 614-620

  Evans, Jay D ^a   Schwarz, Ryan S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; APICOMPLEXA; ASCOSPORE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BEE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HEREDITY; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; MICROORGANISM; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; TRYPANOSOMA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BACTERIA; BEES; COLONY COLLAPSE; EUROPE; FUNGI; UNITED STATES; VIRUSES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 82355180987     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2011.09.003     Document Type: Review

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