Ecological effects of invasive alien insects

M Kenis, MA Auger-Rozenberg, A Roques, L Timms… - Biological …, 2009 - Springer
A literature survey identified 403 primary research publications that investigated the
ecological effects of invasive alien insects and/or the mechanisms underlying these effects …

[HTML][HTML] A revision of subspecies structure of western honey bee Apis mellifera

RA Ilyasov, M Lee, J Takahashi, HW Kwon… - Saudi Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The taxonomy of honey bee A. mellifera contains a lot of issues due to the specificity of
population structure, features of biology and resolutions of honey bee subspecies …

Biodiversity, conservation and current threats to European honeybees

P De la Rúa, R Jaffé, R Dall'Olio, I Muñoz, J Serrano - Apidologie, 2009 - apidologie.org
Europe harbours several endemic honeybee (Apis mellifera) subspecies. Yet the distribution
of these subspecies is nowadays also much influenced by beekeeping activities. Large …

Standard methods for characterising subspecies and ecotypes of Apis mellifera

MD Meixner, MA Pinto, M Bouga, P Kryger… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The natural diversity of honey bees in Europe is eroding fast. A multitude of reasons lead to
a loss of both genetic diversity and specific adaptations to local conditions. To preserve …

Ecological impacts of invasive alien species on bees

JC Stout, CL Morales - Apidologie, 2009 - apidologie.org
We review direct and indirect impacts of invasive alien species (focussing on plants and
insects) on native bees worldwide. Although there is a rapidly growing body of research into …

Molecular marker systems in insects: current trends and future avenues

SK Behura - Molecular ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Insects comprise the largest species composition in the entire animal kingdom and possess
a vast undiscovered genetic diversity and gene pool that can be better explored using …

[HTML][HTML] Authoritative subspecies diagnosis tool for European honey bees based on ancestry informative SNPs

J Momeni, M Parejo, RO Nielsen, J Langa, I Montes… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background With numerous endemic subspecies representing four of its five evolutionary
lineages, Europe holds a large fraction of Apis mellifera genetic diversity. This diversity and …

Conserving diversity and vitality for honey bee breeding

MD Meixner, C Costa, P Kryger, F Hatjina… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Summary Beekeepers in Europe, North America and other parts of the world have
repeatedly been afflicted by elevated and sometimes unexplained colony losses. Multiple …

A review of methods for discrimination of honey bee populations as applied to European beekeeping

M Bouga, C Alaux, M Bienkowska… - Journal of apicultural …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Here, scientists from 19 European countries, most of them collaborating in Working Group
4:“Diversity and Vitality” of COST Action FA 0803 “Prevention of honey bee COlony …

Genetic integrity of the Dark European honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) from protected populations: a genome-wide assessment using SNPs and mtDNA …

MA Pinto, D Henriques, J Chávez-Galarza… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The recognition that the Dark European honey bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, is increasingly
threatened in its native range has led to the establishment of conservation programmes and …