The effects of pesticides on queen rearing and virus titers in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Insects

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-89

  De Grandi Hoffman, Gloria ^a   Chen, Yanping ^b   Simonds, Roger ^c  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Agricultural Marketing Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Black queen cell virus; Boscalid; Chlorpyrifos; Deformed wing virus; Pyraclostrobin

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS;

EID: 84878706106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects4010071     Document Type: Article

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