Standard methods for maintaining adult Apis mellifera in cages under in vitro laboratory conditions

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Williams, Geoffrey R ^a,b   Alaux, Cédric ^c   Costa, Cecilia ^d   Csáki, Támas ^e   Doublet, Vincent ^f   Eisenhardt, Dorothea ^g   Fries, Ingemar ^h   Kuhn, Rolf ^a   McMahon, Dino P ^f,i   Medrzycki, Piotr ^d   Murray, Tomás E ^f   Natsopoulou, Myrsini E ^f   Neumann, Peter ^a,j   Oliver, Randy ^k   Paxton, Robert J ^f,i   Pernal, Stephen F ^l   Shutler, Dave ^m   Tanner, Gina ^a   Van Der Steen, Jozef J M ⁿ   Brodschneider, Robert ^o  

^a AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^e SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

ⁱ QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^j RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^k ScientificBeekeepingcom   (United States)

^l AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^m ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁿ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Apis mellifera; BEEBOOK; Cage; Colony losses; COLOSS; Hoarding; Honey bee; In vitro; Laboratory; Nosema; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; NOSEMA;

EID: 84875407104     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.52.1.04     Document Type: Review

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