Standard methods for varroa research

V Dietemann, F Nazzi, SJ Martin… - Journal of apicultural …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Very rapidly after Varroa destructor invaded apiaries of Apis mellifera, the devastating effect
of this mite prompted an active research effort to understand and control this parasite. Over a …

Nutrition and health in honey bees

R Brodschneider, K Crailsheim - Apidologie, 2010 - apidologie.org
Adequate nutrition supports the development of healthy honey bee colonies. We give an
overview of the nutritional demands of honey bee workers at three levels:(1) colony nutrition …

A national survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the USA: results from the Bee Informed Partnership for 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20

S Bruckner, M Wilson, D Aurell, K Rennich… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Beekeepers in the United States have experienced high losses of managed honey
bee (Apis mellifera) colonies for more than a decade. Long-term, multi-year monitoring …

A national survey of managed honey bee 2014–2015 annual colony losses in the USA

N Seitz, KS Traynor, N Steinhauer… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Declines of pollinators and high mortality rates of honey bee colonies are a major concern,
both in the USA and globally. Long-term data on summer, winter, and annual colony losses …

Micro-drone for the characterization and self-optimizing search of hazardous gaseous substance sources: A new approach to determine wind speed and direction

P Neumann, M Bartholmai, JH Schiller… - … on Robotic and …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, in cooperation with the AirRobot
GmbH & Co. KG company, has developed a flying remote-controlled measuring system. The …

A review of impacts of temperature and relative humidity on various activities of honey bees

HF Abou-Shaara, AA Owayss, YY Ibrahim, NK Basuny - Insectes sociaux, 2017 - Springer
The importance of pollination services by honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) and their products is
well-known. However, honey bee colonies currently face many challenges. These …

Impact of chronic neonicotinoid exposure on honeybee colony performance and queen supersedure

C Sandrock, M Tanadini, LG Tanadini… - PLOS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Honeybees provide economically and ecologically vital pollination services to
crops and wild plants. During the last decade elevated colony losses have been …

Managed honey bee colony losses in Canada, China, Europe, Israel and Turkey, for the winters of 2008–9 and 2009–10

R van der Zee, L Pisa, S Andonov… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In 2008 the COLOSS network was formed by honey bee experts from Europe and the USA.
The primary objectives set by this scientific network were to explain and to prevent large …

Queen quality and the impact of honey bee diseases on queen health: potential for interactions between two major threats to colony health

E Amiri, MK Strand, O Rueppell, DR Tarpy - Insects, 2017 - mdpi.com
Western honey bees, Apis mellifera, live in highly eusocial colonies that are each typically
headed by a single queen. The queen is the sole reproductive female in a healthy colony …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling seasonal effects of temperature and precipitation on honey bee winter mortality in a temperate climate

M Switanek, K Crailsheim, H Truhetz… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Insect pollinators are essential to global food production. For this reason, it is alarming that
honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations across the world have recently seen increased rates …