A new threat to honey bees, the parasitic phorid fly Apocephalus borealis.

A new threat to honey bees, the parasitic phorid fly Apocephalus borealis.

Honey bee colonies are subject to numerous pathogens and parasites. Interaction among multiple pathogens and parasites is the proposed cause for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a syndrome characterized by worker bees abandoning their hive. Here we provide the first documentation that the phorid fly...

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Main Authors: Andrew Core, Charles Runckel, Jonathan Ivers, Christopher Quock, Travis Siapno, Seraphina Denault, Brian Brown, Joseph Derisi, Christopher D Smith, John Hafernik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3250467?pdf=render

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