A survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the Republic of South Africa - 2009 to 2011

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-42

  Pirk, Christian W W ^a   Human, Hannelie ^a   Crewe, Robin M ^a   VanEngelsdorp, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony losses; Honey bee; Migratory; Mortality; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899645674     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.1.03     Document Type: Article

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