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Conserving diversity and vitality for honey bee breeding publication date: Dec 21, 2009 Previous | Next Journal of Apicultural Research Vol. 49 (1) pp. 85-92 DOI 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.1.12 Date January 2010 Article Title Conserving diversity and vitality...

Effects of Intracolonial Genetic Diversity on Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colony Performance BENJAMIN P. OLDROYD, THOMAS E. RINDERER, JOHN R. HARBO, STEVEN M. BUCO Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Impact Factor: 1.2). 04/1992; 85(3):335-343. ABSTRACT...

Characterization of the Active Microbiotas Associated with Honey Bees Reveals Healthier and Broader Communities when Colonies are Genetically Diverse Recent losses of honey bee colonies have led to increased interest in the microbial communities that are associated with these important...

Queen promiscuity lowers disease within honeybee colonies Thomas D Seeley1,* and David R Tarpy2 + Author Affiliations <>1.2.*Author for correspondence ([email protected]) Abstract Most species of social insects have singly mated queens, but in some species each queen mates with numerous males...