Non apis bee microbes

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Bibliography for non-Apis bee micro-organisms.

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Clark, T. B. 1982. Entomopoxvirus-like particles in three species of bumblebees. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 39:119–122.

Clark, T. B., R. F. Whitcomb, J. G. Tully, C. Mouches, C. Saillard, J. M. Bove, H. Wroblewski, P. Carle, D. L. Rose, R. B. Henegar, and D. L. Williamson. n.d. Spiroplasma melliferum, a New Species from the Honeybee (Apis mellifera). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 35:296–308.

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Singh, R., A. L. Levitt, E. G. Rajotte, E. C. Holmes, N. Ostiguy, D. Vanengelsdorp, W. I. Lipkin, C. W. Depamphilis, A. L. Toth, and D. L. Cox-Foster. 2010. RNA Viruses in Hymenopteran pollinators: evidence of inter-taxa virus transmission via pollen and potential impact on non-Apis hymenopteran species. PLoS One 5:e14357.

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Skou, J. P. 1988. Japanese species of Ascosphaera. Mycotaxon 31:173–190.

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Wynns, A. A., A. B. Jensen, J. Eilenberg, and R. James. 2012. Ascosphaera subglobosa, a new spore cyst fungus from North America associated with the solitary bee Megachile rotundata. Mycologia 104:108–114.