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

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    A. G. S. Cuthbertson B.Sc., Ph.D. (Senior entomologist) & M. A. Brown B.Sc. (Head of the National Bee Unit)

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Cuthbertson, A.G.S., Brown, M.A. Issues affecting British honey bee biodiversity and the need for conservation of this important ecological component. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 6, 695–699 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03326110

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Keywords

  • Apple Orchard
  • Small Hive Beetle
  • American Foulbrood
  • Aethina Tumida
  • European Foulbrood

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