Survey for Nosema bombi: a Potential Causative Agent for Decline of Bombus franklini and Bombus occidentalis Final Report

Solter, Leellen F.; Cameron, Sydney A.; Thorp, Robin; White, Brendan

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Survey for Nosema bombi: a Potential Causative Agent for Decline of Bombus franklini and Bombus occidentalis Final Report

Author(s)

• Solter, Leellen F.
• Cameron, Sydney A.
• Thorp, Robin
• White, Brendan

Issue Date

2009-02-21

Keyword(s)

• Pollinator decline
• Bees
• Bee diseases
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Abstract

Purpose of Research: To investigate the role of pathogens, particularly microsporidia, as a factor in the decline of Bombus franklini, B. occidentalis, and B. pensylvanicus. This project, US Fish & Wildlife Purchase Order #101816M577, provided a second season of collections (following project PO #134205M090) of Bombus spp. in the midwestern and northwestern U.S. We continue to gather information leading to understanding the potential role of pathogens in the decline of Bombus species in the western and Midwestern United States.

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Technical Report INHS 2009 (42)

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Language

en

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INHS Technical Report Prepared for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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