Issues affecting British honey bee biodiversity and the need for conservation of this important ecological component

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Apple Orchard Small Hive Beetle American Foulbrood Aethina Tumida European Foulbrood 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.The Food and Environment Research AgencyNational Bee UnitSand HuttonUK

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