Aqueous extracts of jet-black ant Lasius fuliginosus nests for controlling nosemosis, a disease of honeybees caused by fungi of the genus Nosema

Recent years have witnessed a fall in the numbers of bee colonies worldwide. To a large extent, this is due to diseases affecting honeybees. One such disease is nosemosis, which is caused by fungi from the genus Nosema. The antibiotic fumagallin used to be administered to treat nosemosis, but as it...

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Main Authors: M. Kunat, G. K. Wagner, B. Staniec, M. Jaszek, A. Matuszewska, D. Stefaniuk, A. A. Ptaszyńska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:The European Zoological Journal
Subjects:
ant
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2020.1845405