Queen Quality and the Impact of Honey Bee Diseases on Queen Health: Potential for Interactions between Two Major Threats to Colony Health
Western honey bees, Apis mellifera, live in highly eusocial colonies that are each typically headed by a single queen. The queen is the sole reproductive female in a healthy colony, and because long-term colony survival depends on her ability to produce a large number of offspring, queen health is e...
Main Authors: | Esmaeil Amiri, Micheline K. Strand, Olav Rueppell, David R. Tarpy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-05-01
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Series: | Insects |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/8/2/48 |
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