A national survey of managed honey bee 2010-11 winter colony losses in the USA: Results from the Bee Informed Partnership

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-124

  Vanengelsdorp, Dennis ^a   Caron, Dewey ^b   Hayes, Jerry ^c   Underwood, Robyn ^a,d   Henson, Mark ^e   Rennich, Karen ^a   Spleen, Angela ^f   Andree, Michael ^g   Snyder, Robert ^g   Lee, Kathleen ^g   Roccasecca, Karen ^a   Wilson, Michael ^h   Wilkes, James ^e   Lengerich, Eugene ^f   Pettis, Jeffery ⁱ  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection   (United States)

^d KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁱ USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

2010 11; Honey bee; Mortality; Overwinter; USA

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84859383404     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.51.1.14     Document Type: Article

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