Virus Status, Varroa Levels, and Survival of 20 Managed Honey Bee Colonies Monitored in Luxembourg Between the Summer of 2011 and the Spring of 2013

Twenty managed honey bee colonies, split between 5 apiaries with 4 hives each, were monitored between the summer of 2011 and spring of 2013. Living bees were sampled in July 2011, July 2012, and August 2012. Twenty-five, medium-aged bees, free of varroa mites, were pooled per colony and date, to for...

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Main Authors: Clermont Antoine, Pasquali Matias, Eickermann Michael, Kraus François, Hoffmann Lucien, Beyer Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-06-01
Series:Journal of Apicultural Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2015-0005