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Reduced density and visually complex apiaries reduce parasite load and promote honey production and overwintering survival in honey bees

Managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies are kept at much greater densities than naturally occurring feral or wild colonies, which may have detrimental effects on colony health and survival, disease spread, and drifting behavior (bee movement between natal and non-natal colonies). We assessed the...

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Autores principales: Dynes, Travis L., Berry, Jennifer A., Delaplane, Keith S., Brosi, Berry J., de Roode, Jacobus C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6532956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31120911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216286

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