| clustering, persistence and control of a pollinator brood disease: epidemiology of american foulbrood. | american foulbrood (afb), caused by paenibacillus larvae, is the most damaging bacterial brood disease of the honeybee (apis mellifera), causing colony deaths on all continents where honeybees are managed. afb has been a persistent problem in the uk for over 70 years, with a fluctuating number of cases discovered annually. once diseased colonies are identified, they are destroyed to reduce pathogen spread. we investigated the pattern of afb cases recorded over the period 1994 to 2012 using spati ... | 2014 | 24119163 |