Home sick: impacts of migratory beekeeping on honey bee (Apis mellifera) pests, pathogens, and colony size

Honey bees are important pollinators of agricultural crops and the dramatic losses of honey bee colonies have risen to a level of international concern. Potential contributors to such losses include pesticide exposure, lack of floral resources and parasites and pathogens. The damaging effects of all...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Samantha A. Alger, P. Alexander Burnham, Zachary S. Lamas, Alison K. Brody, Leif L. Richardson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2018-11-01
Subjects:	Beekeeping Honey bee Pathogen Disease Migratory Pollination
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/5812.pdf

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