Pathogens as Predictors of Honey Bee Colony Strength in England and Wales.

Inspectors with the UK National Bee Unit were asked for 2007-2008 to target problem apiaries in England and Wales for pathogen screening and colony strength measures. Healthy colonies were included in the sampling to provide a continuum of health conditions. A total of 406 adult bee samples was scre...

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Main Authors: Giles E Budge, Stéphane Pietravalle, Mike Brown, Lynn Laurenson, Ben Jones, Victoria Tomkies, Keith S Delaplane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4506140?pdf=render