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Go East for Better Honey Bee Health: Apis cerana Is Faster at Hygienic Behavior than A. mellifera

The poor health status of the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, compared to its Eastern counterpart, Apis cerana, is remarkable. This has been attributed to lower pathogen prevalence in A. cerana colonies and to their ability to survive infestations with the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor. T...

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Autores principales: Lin, Zheguang, Page, Paul, Li, Li, Qin, Yao, Zhang, Yingying, Hu, Fuliang, Neumann, Peter, Zheng, Huoqing, Dietemann, Vincent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27606819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162647