The ectoparasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor was originally confined to the Eastern
honey bee Apis cerana. After a shift to the new host Apis mellifera during the first half of the …

Honey bees are a highly valued resource around the world. They are prized for their honey
and wax production and depended upon for pollination of many important crops. While …

Managed honey bees are the most important commercial pollinators of those crops which
depend on animal pollination for reproduction and which account for 35% of the global food …

Since its migration from the Asian honey bee (Apis cerana) to the European honey bee (Apis
mellifera), the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor has emerged as a major issue for …

A variety of methods are used in honey bee research and differ depending on the level at
which the research is conducted. On an individual level, the handling of individual honey …

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 …

Die Varroose ist derzeit die zerstörerischste Bienenkrankheit weltweit und verursacht
höhere wirtschaftliche Verluste als alle anderen bekannten Bienenkrankheiten. Das …

The rich variety of native honeybee subspecies and ecotypes in Europe offers a good
genetic resource for selection towards Varroa resistance. There are some examples of mite …

There is clear evidence for sublethal effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on non-target
ecosystem service-providing insects. However, their possible impact on male insect …

A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype …