Prevalence of Nosema species in a feral honey bee population: a 20-year survey

Apidologie

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 561-571

  Rangel, Juliana ^a   Baum, Kristen ^b   Rubink, William L ^c   Coulson, Robert N ^a   Johnston, J Spencer ^a   Traver, Brenna E ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Penn State Schuylkill ^*  (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanized feral honey bees; Apis mellifera; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae; qPCR

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FERAL ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 84983086240     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0401-y     Document Type: Article

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