Comparison of within hive sampling and seasonal activity of Nosema ceranae in honey bee colonies

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Traver, Brenna E ^a   Williams, Matthew R ^b   Fell, Richard D ^a  

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

^b Research and Development Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Nosema ceranae; Real time PCR; Sampling; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BEE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; VIRGINIA;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 84856215219     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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