Updates are available Correction dated 2020-03-23

Article History

Received: 13 September 2019

Accepted: 25 February 2020

First Online: 6 March 2020

Change Date: 23 March 2020

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: Unfortunately, the original version of the article [1] contained an error. The author has brought to our attention that the article title is truncated in the published version. The correct title is <Emphasis Type="Italic">American foulbrood in a honeybee colony: spore-symptom relationship and feedbacks between disease and colony development</Emphasis>. Instead, it was published inadvertently as <Emphasis Type="Italic">American foulbrood in a honeybee colony: spore symptom relationship and feedbacks</Emphasis> due to an error occurred during the production process.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethics approval was not required for experimental work on honeybees when this work took place, as covered by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) of the United States Code (Title 7 Agriculture; Chapter 54 Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals; Sections 2131–2159), which restricts the requirement for ethical approval for animal research to certain warm-blooded mammals. All bees and pathogens were obtained locally. The experimental apiaries were located on USDA property outside the flight range of surrounding non-experimental apiaries. All material used in the experimental apiaries was kept separate from non-contaminated material, in accordance with local AFB apiary management recommendations. No personal data was collected. Consent to participate therefore does not apply.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.