In Europe honey bees are considered as domesticated animals. Beekeepers provide them
with hives, feed them, protect against parasites and manage them extensively. However, the …

Growing evidence indicates that European managed honey bees are in decline, but
information for Europe remains patchy and localized. Here we compile data from 18 …

Several honey bee (Apis mellifera) subspecies are in danger of local extinction because
their feral population have almost completely disappeared. An important threat to the feral …

It is a common belief that feral honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera L.) were eradicated in
Europe through the loss of habitats, domestication by man and spread of pathogens and …

The original habitat of native European honey bees (\(Apis\)\(mellifera\)) is forest, but
currently there is a lack of data about the occurrence of wild honey bee populations in …

You can keep bees as an interesting hobby, or as a main or an extra source of income. This
booklet mainly provides information on how to work with honey-bees that nest in cavities. In …

You can keep bees as an interesting hobby or as a source of income. This booklet provides
you with information on how to work with honey bees. In most regions of the world this will …

English Since 2007/2008 we survey the winter losses of honeybee colonies in Austria,
distributing the COLOSS questionnaire on meetings, via the internet and a beekeeping …

The success that a beekeeper associates with a hive is usually measured in terms of the
amount of honey that the hive produces during the flowering season. This success depends …

The density of wild honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera) in the African dry highland
savannahs was estimated in three Nature Reserves in Gauteng, South Africa (Ezemvelo …