First detection of honey bee viruses in stingless bees in North America

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 93-95

  Guzman Novoa, Ernesto ^a   Md Hamiduzzaman, Mollah ^a   Anguiano Baez, Ricardo ^b   Correa Benítez, Adriana ^b   Castañeda Cervantes, Enrique ^b   Arnold, Noemi I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Unidad Oaxaca   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Black queen cell virus; Deformed wing virus; Mexico; Scaptotrigona mexicana; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964394105     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2015.1100154     Document Type: Note

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