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Is the Brood Pattern within a Honey Bee Colony a Reliable Indicator of Queen Quality?

Failure of the queen is often identified as a leading cause of honey bee colony mortality. However, the factors that can contribute to “queen failure” are poorly defined and often misunderstood. We studied one specific sign attributed to queen failure: poor brood pattern. In 2016 and 2017, we identi...

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Autores principales: Lee, Kathleen V., Goblirsch, Michael, McDermott, Erin, Tarpy, David R., Spivak, Marla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30626029
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10010012