A national survey of managed honey bee 2013–2014 annual colony losses in the USA

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 292-305

  Lee, Kathleen V ^a   Steinhauer, Nathalie ^b   Rennich, Karen ^b   Wilson, Michael E ^c   Tarpy, David R ^d   Caron, Dewey M ^e   Rose, Robyn ^f   Delaplane, Keith S ^g   Baylis, Kathy ^h   Lengerich, Eugene J ⁱ   Pettis, Jeff ^k   Skinner, John A ^c   Wilkes, James T ^j   Sagili, Ramesh ^e   vanEngelsdorp, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

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Author keywords

colony losses; honey bee; mortality; survey; USA

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COLONY; HONEYBEE; MORTALITY;

UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84928999145     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0356-z     Document Type: Article

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