The aim of this study was to draw a retrospective analysis on the lethality of Imidacloprid(Gaucho®)and Fipronil(Régent TS®)on Apis mellifera between 1992 and 2016 in France.Early monitoring reports in the 1992-2002 ...
American foulbrood (AFB) disease is caused by Paenibacillus larvae. Currently, this pathogen is widespread in the European honey bee— Apis mellifera. However, little is known about infectivity and pathogenicity of P....
The objective of the study was to establish the effect of formic acid on varroa(Varroa destructor),inside the capped brood cells,artificially decapped.The experiments were carried out in 2017-2018 on honeybee colonies...
Plant-pollinator in teractio ns have a fundame ntal in fluence on flower evolution. Flower color signals are frequently tuned to the visual capabilities of important pollinators such as either bees or birds, but far l...
t Social insects have evolved colony behavioral, physiological, and organiza. tional adaptations (social immunity) to reduce the risks of parasitization and/or disease transmission. The collection of resin from variou...
The genetic diversity of Varroa destructor (Anderson &Trueman)is limited outside its natural range due to population bottlenecks and its propensity to inbreed.In light of the arms race between V.destructor and its hon...
Honey bee colonies in Peloponnesos, Greece, were sampled in spring 2014 to evaluate efficacy of Provigoro?, a natural water acidifier, against Nosema spp. Colonies treated with Provigoro? showed reduced Nosema spore l...
Over the last several years,major efforts have been expended to study viral infection of honeybees mainly due to colony losses around the world(Allen M,et al.,1996).It seems that honeybees are infected with numerous v...
Financial support was provided to OY and PN by the COST funded project VIVA;the Swiss National Science Foundation(SNF)
Dear Editor,The ability of the Western honey bee,Apis mellifera,to adapt to most climates of the world and the ongoing standardization of colony management has made this species of honey bees the most important specie...
supported by the Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund(BARD) under grant no.IS-4920-10;The Chief Scientist Fund of The Israeli Ministry of Agriculture;The Israeli Honey Board;The Israeli Plant Growers Association
The alarming decline of honey bee(Apis mellifera)colonies in the last decade drove the attention and research to several pathogens of the honey bee including viruses.Viruses challenge the development of healthy and ro...