Managed honey bee colony losses in Canada, China, Europe, Israel and Turkey, for the winters of 2008-9 and 2009-10

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-114

  Van Der Zee, Romée ^a   Pisa, Lennard ^a   Andonov, Sreten ^b   Brodschneider, Robert ^c   Charrière, Jean Daniel ^d   Chlebo, Róbert ^e   Coffey, Mary F ^f   Crailsheim, Karl ^c   Dahle, Bjørn ^g   Gajda, Anna ^h   Gray, Alison ⁱ   Drazic, Marica M ^j   Higes, Mariano ^k   Kauko, Lassi ^l   Kence, Aykut ^m   Kence, Meral ^m   Kezic, Nicola ⁿ   Kiprijanovska, Hrisula ^b   Kralj, Jasna ^o   Kristiansen, Preben ^p   Hernandez, Raquel Martin ^k,q   Mutinelli, Franco ^r   Nguyen, Bach Kim ^s   Otten, Christoph ^t   Özkirim, Asli ^u   Pernal, Stephen F ^v   Peterson, Magnus ^i,w   Ramsay, Gavin ^w,ac   Santrac, Violeta ^x   Soroker, Victoria ^y   Topolska, Grazyna ^h   Uzunov, Aleksandar ^b   Vejsnæs, Flemming ^z   Wei, Shi ^aa   Wilkins, Selwyn ^ab   more..

^a Netherlands Centre for Bee Research   (Netherlands)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^e SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^g Norwegian Beekeepers Association   (Norway)

^h WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^j Croatian Agricultural Agency   (Croatia)

^k Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

^l Finnish Beekeepers Association   (Finland)

^m MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^p Swedish Beekeepers Association   (Sweden)

^q Instituto de Recursos Humanos para la Ciencia y Tecnología   (Spain)

^r ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^t Fachzentrum Bienen und Imkerei ^*  (Germany)

^u HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^v AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^w Scottish Beekeepers Association   (United Kingdom)

^x Veterinary Institute RS   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^y VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^z Danish Beekeepers Association   (Denmark)

^aa INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^ab FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^ac SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Apis mellifera; CCD; CDS; Colony loss presentation; Colony losses; COLOSS; Epidemiology; Honey bee; Operation size; Survey mode

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84859578079     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.51.1.12     Document Type: Article

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