Viruses associated with ovarian degeneration in Apis mellifera L. queens.

Queen fecundity is a critical issue for the health of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies, as she is the only reproductive female in the colony and responsible for the constant renewal of the worker bee population. Any factor affecting the queen's fecundity will stagnate colony development, i...

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Main Authors: Laurent Gauthier, Marc Ravallec, Magali Tournaire, François Cousserans, Max Bergoin, Benjamin Dainat, Joachim R de Miranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21283547/pdf/?tool=EBI