Epormenis cestri secretions in Sebastiania schottiana trees cause mass death of honey bee Apis mellifera larvae in Uruguay.

For more than 60 years, sporadic cases of massive summer honey bee larvae mortality in colonies located near freshwater systems with abundant riparian vegetation have been reported in Uruguay. This odd phenomenon, known as "River disease" by beekeepers, can lead to colony death by depopula...

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Main Authors: Ciro Invernizzi, Enrique Nogueira, Pablo Juri, Estela Santos, Daniela Arredondo, Belén Branchiccela, Yamandú Mendoza, Karina Antúnez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5760040?pdf=render